odels of the competitive firm under price uncertainty using forward markets M have been examined by Holthausen (1979), Feder, Just, and Schmitz (1980), and Anderson and Danthine (1983). In these models, a risk-averse competitive firm is assumed to face output price uncertainty but production is near
Effects of expected cash and futures prices on hedging and production: Comments and extensions
β Scribed by Ardeshir J. Dalal; Bala G. Arshanapalli
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1989
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 569 KB
- Volume
- 9
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0270-7314
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β¦ Synopsis
This interpretation may be found in any standard microeconomics text, e . g . , see Silberberg (1978, *See Chiang (1984, pp. 738-740). Strict concavity of EU(rr) in X and Z is ensured if F ( X ) is concave and pp. 179-189). risk-aversion exists (U" < 0). Concavity of the constraint is of course guaranteed by the concavity of F ( X ) .
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