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Title
Why do farmers have so little interest in futures markets?
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Author(s)
Publication Date
2002
Open Access
Yes
Abstract
A farm financial model with leverage and investment in two farm enterprises is specified. The model is extended to incorporate futures hedging and the Separation Theorem is used to show that optimal hedging is zero. The assumption of a risk-free asset is relaxed and, while this leads to a violation of the Separation Theorem, the result that optimal hedging is zero is maintained providing that futures markets are efficient. It is concluded that if capital markets are efficient then farmers will have little interest in futures markets except to speculate.
Publication Type
Journal Article
Source of Publication
Agricultural Economics, 27(1), p. 1-6
Publisher
Elsevier Science BV
Place of Publication
Netherlands
ISSN
1574-0862
0169-5150
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Peer Reviewed
Yes
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Peer Reviewed
Yes
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