
handle: 10419/105407 , 10722/184788
This note studies the risk-management decisions of a risk-averse farmer. The farmer faces multiple sources of price uncertainty. He sells commodities to two markets at two prices, but only one of these markets has a futures market. We show that the farmer’s optimal commodity futures market position, i.e., a cross-hedge strategy, is actually an over-hedge, a full-hedge, or an under-hedge strategy, depending on whether the two prices are strongly positively correlated, uncorrelated, or negatively correlated, respectively.
cross-hedge, ddc:330, agricultural price risk, commodity futures, risk management, Correlation, D83, Economics as a science, Risk management, D73, Commodity futures, correlation, Cross-hedge, D78, Agricultural price risk, HB71-74
cross-hedge, ddc:330, agricultural price risk, commodity futures, risk management, Correlation, D83, Economics as a science, Risk management, D73, Commodity futures, correlation, Cross-hedge, D78, Agricultural price risk, HB71-74
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