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