## Abstract Here we consider the hedging roles of a price futures contract versus a revenue futures contract. In the absence of idiosyncratic output risk, the revenue contract almost always dominates the price contract. Idiosyncratic output risk provides conditions under which the price contract sh
Substitution between revenue futures and price futures contracts: A note
β Scribed by David A. Hennessy
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 65 KB
- Volume
- 22
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0270-7314
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β¦ Synopsis
Abstract
In recent years, commercial interest has been expressed in agricultural revenue insurance instruments.
Participating parties may look to futures markets to offset assumed positions. In this note, conditions are
identified such that revenue futures contracts are perfect substitutes for price futures contracts. If these
conditions approximate reality, then it would seem questionable whether sufficient interest would exist to
sustain markets in both futures contracts. Β© 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Jrl Fut Mark 22:387β391,
2002
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