The analysis of selected agricultural prices; application of regression analysis to price analysis, the role of futures markets and market efficiency, optimal hedging strategies, commodity option pricing, and price forecasting.
Note Three hours recitation a week.
Requisites Prerequisite: A course in statistics; AGEC 501; AGEC 505 or ECON 520.
Typically Offered Spring
K-State 8 Empirical and Quantitative Reasoning Historical Perspectives