Speculative Short Selling in the Commodity Futures Markets

B-146770 Published: Mar 20, 1978. Publicly Released: Jan 10, 1984.

Highlights

In a March 2, 1978 letter, GAO was asked to (1) review the effect of speculative short selling in the

commodity futures markets on the cash prices of wheat and cattle, (2) review the pertinent literature dealing with

speculative short selling, and (3) formulate a mathematical model of the subject matter.

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