Risk management, price discovery and forecasting in the freight futures market

The success or failure of a futures contract is determined by its ability to provide benefits to economic agents, over and above the benefits they derive from the spot market. These benefits are price discovery and risk management through hedging. The extent to which different commodity and financia...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nomikos, Nikos K.
Published: City University London 1999
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.301052