Pannell, David J.; Hailu, Getu; Weersink, Alfons; Burt, … - In: Agricultural Economics 39 (2008) 1, pp. 41-50
The use by farmers of futures contracts and other hedging instruments has been observed to be low in many situations, and this has sometimes seemed to be considered surprising or even mysterious. We propose that it is, in fact, readily understandable and consistent with rational decision making....
