USDA EXPORT SALES REPORT: IS IT NEWS?

Paul M. Patternson and B Brorsen

No 271260, 1991 Annual Meeting, August 4-7, Manhattan, Kansas from American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)

Abstract: This paper investigates whether the U.S. Export Sales report provides new information to the market. Event study methodology is used to evaluate the movement of futures prices on days around the release of the report. The results reveal that the information in the report is generally anticipated by traders.

Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 15
Date: 1991-08-04
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.271260

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