Cobwebs, Rational Expectations and Futures Markets
β Scribed by Jerome L. Stein
- Book ID
- 125771501
- Publisher
- MIT Press
- Year
- 1992
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 265 KB
- Volume
- 74
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0034-6535
- DOI
- 10.2307/2109550
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π SIMILAR VOLUMES
onsider an individual holding a commodity that is subject to price risk be-C cause of factors affecting the future demand for this commodity. For example, the commodity might be a raw material whose price fluctuates randomly because of cyclical disturbances. If a futures market exists for the commod
I analyzed how the existence of futures markets affects the amount of a good stored for sale in a subsequent period, when (1) individuals holding the good face price risk because of demand fluctuations, and (2) they make their decisions using the correct (i.e., equilibrium) price distribution. Rando