Proft Maximizing Hedging Strategies for Managers and Members of Vertical Beef Alliances

Vertical alliances are an increasingly common form of organization for participants in the beef industry. The implications of combining feeding and packing margins into one alliance are investigated. Moving average based selective hedging strategies are used to hedge the major inputs and outputs f...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Claus, Lora Hamerschlag
Other Authors: Agricultural and Applied Economics
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/31578
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-03302005-194456/