Futures prices in supply analysis: Are instrumental variables necessary?

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 22-39

  Hendricks, Nathan P ^a   Janzen, Joseph P ^b   Smith, Aaron ^c  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Endogeneity; Futures prices; Supply response

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; AGRICULTURAL PRICE; CROP YIELD; DEMAND ELASTICITY; ECONOMETRICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84984701154     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajae/aau062     Document Type: Article

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