Why Do Hedgers Trade So Much?

Ing-Haw Cheng and Wei Xiong

The Journal of Legal Studies, 2014, vol. 43, issue S2, S183 - S207

Abstract: Futures positions of commercial hedgers in wheat, corn, soybeans, and cotton fluctuate much more than expected output. Hedgers' short positions are positively correlated with price changes. Together, these observations raise doubt about the common practice of categorically classifying trading by hedgers as hedging while classifying trading by speculators as speculation, as hedgers frequently change their futures positions over time for reasons unrelated to output fluctuations, which is arguably a form of speculation.

Date: 2014
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