New Evidence on the Impact of Index Funds in U.S. Grain Futures Markets

Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 519-532

  Sanders, Dwight R ^a   Irwin, Scott H ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 79960188945     PISSN: 00083976     EISSN: 17447976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7976.2011.01226.x     Document Type: Article

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