FUTURES PRICES AS FORECASTS OF COMMODITY SPOT PRICES: LIVE CATTLE AND WOOL*
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عنوان ژورنال: Australian Journal of Agricultural Economics
سال: 1981
ISSN: 0004-9395
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8489.1981.tb00380.x