The Predictive Content of Commodity Futures

Journal of Futures Markets

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 607-636

  Chinn, Menzie D ^a   Coibion, Olivier ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 84901692402     PISSN: 02707314     EISSN: 10969934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fut.21615     Document Type: Article

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