1987•The Economic JournalRequires access

The Economic Function of Futures Markets.

Christopher L. Gilbert, Jeffrey C. Williams, Barry A. Goss

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Journal Article The Economic Function of Futures Markets Get access The Economic Function of Futures Markets. By JEFFREY WILLIAMS. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1986. Pp. viii + 260. ÃÂ£25.00 hardback.)Futures Markets: Their Establishment and Performance. Edited by BARRY A. Goss. (Beckenham: Croom Helm, 1986. Pp. 248. ÃÂ£15.00 hardback.) Christopher L. Gilbert Christopher L. Gilbert Institute of Economics and Statistics, Oxford Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 97, Issue 385, 1 March 1987, Pages 261–263, https://doi.org/10.2307/2233353 Published: 01 March 1987

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Key concepts: Futures contract, Economics, Economic statistics, Function (biology), Economic history, Financial economics, Evolutionary biology, Econometrics