Are Crop Forecasts News? The Impact of U.S.D.A. Announcements on Futures Market Prices
Mueller, Rolf A.E.; Sumner, Daniel A.
1985

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Statistical analysis shows that the release of U.S.D.A. crop forecasts for corn and soybeans affect future market traders' behavior. Traders have many sources of information, so we test the magnitude of 1Pto Pt i / Pt on the Chicago Board of Trade for announcement dates, t, against a random sample of other comparable dates.

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Title Are Crop Forecasts News? The Impact of U.S.D.A. Announcements on Futures Market Prices
Author(s) Mueller, Rolf A.E.
Sumner, Daniel A.
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Issue Date 1985-08
Publication Type Conference Paper/ Presentation
DOI and Other Identifiers 10.22004/ag.econ.278570
Record Identifier https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/278570
Language English
Total Pages 15
Record Appears in Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA) > Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA) Conferences > 1985 Annual Meeting, August 4-7, Ames, Iowa

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