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Farm Commodity Price Stabilization through Futures Markets
Author(s) -
Richardson Robert A.,
Farris Paul L.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
american journal of agricultural economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.949
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1467-8276
pISSN - 0002-9092
DOI - 10.2307/1238443
Subject(s) - futures contract , commodity , cash , economics , government (linguistics) , forward market , contango , futures market , financial economics , business , monetary economics , market economy , finance , linguistics , philosophy
A proposal to stabilize farm prices through government operations in futures markets was examined using soybeans for 1953–1967. The example showed that soybean prices would not have been stabilized. Operation of the proposal might also have modified buying and selling behavior and cash‐futures price relations.