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Stewart, Blair. “An Analysis of Speculative Trading in Grain Futures.” U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Technical Bulletin No. 1001, 1949.

Working, Holbrook. “Price Effects of Scalping and Day Trading.” Proceedings of Chicago Board of Trade Annual Symposium, 1954.

Houthakker, Hendrik S. “The Scope and Limits of Futures Trading.” Stanford University, 1959.

Hieronymus, Thomas A. “Uses of Grain Futures Markets in the Farm Business.” University of Illinois Agricultural Experiment Station, 1963.

Smidt, Seymour. “Amateur Speculators.” Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1965.

Hieronymus, Thomas A. “When to Sell Corn, Soybeans, Oats, Wheat.” Cooperative Extension Service, University of Illinois, 1966.

Robert R. Nathan Associates, Inc. “Margins, Speculation, and Prices in Grains Futures Markets, Part 1.” U.S. Government Printing Office, 1967 301-754 (ERS-109), 1967.

Robert R. Nathan Associates, Inc. “Margins, Speculation, and Prices in Grains Futures Markets, Part 2.” U.S. Government Printing Office, 1967 301-754 (ERS-109) , 1967.

Robert R. Nathan Associates, Inc. “Margins, Speculation, and Prices in Grains Futures Markets, Part 3.” U.S. Government Printing Office, 1967 301-754 (ERS-109) , 1967.

Paul, Allen B. and William T. Wesson. “Pricing Feedlot Services Through Cattle Futures.” Agricultural Economics Research, 1967.

Paul, Allen B. “The Role of Competitive Market Institutions.” Agricultural Economics Research, 1974.

Ross, Ray L. “Financial Consequences of Trading Commodity Futures Contracts.” Illinois Agricultural Economics, 1975.

Paul, Allen B. “Treatment of Hedging in Commodity Market Regulation.” National Economic Analysis Division, Economic Research Service, Technical Bulletin No.1538, 1976.

Kenyon, David E. and Neil P. Shapiro. “Profit Margin Hedging in the Broiler Industry.” Futures Trading Seminar, Mimir Publishers Inc., 1976.

Peck, Anne E. “The Futures Trading Experience of the Federal Farm Board.” Futures Trading Seminar, Mimir Publishers Inc., 1976.

Paul, Allen B., Richard G. Heifner, and John W. Helmuth. “Farmers’ Use of Forward Contracts and Futures Markets.” U. S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, Agricultural Economic Report No. 320, 1976.

Gray, Roger W. “Statement at CFTC Delivery Points Meeting.” CFTC Delivery Points Meeting, 1976.

Helmuth, John W. “Grain Pricing.” Commodity Futures Trading Commission, 1977.

Martell, Terrence F. and Billy P. Helms. “A Reexamination of Price Changes in the Commodity Futures Market.” International Futures Trading Seminar, 1978.

Leuthold, Raymond M. and R. Scott Mokkler. “Feeding Marging Hedging in the Cattle Industry.” International Futures Trading Seminar, 1978.

Rutledge, D. J. S. “Trading Volume and Price Variability-New Evidence on the Price Effects of Speculation.” International Futures Trading Seminar, 1978.

Gray, Roger W. “The Emergence of Short Speculation.” International Futures Trading Seminar Vol. VI, 1979.

Tomek, William G. “Estimating Demand Relations Using Futures Prices.” Agricultural Economics Research, 1979.

Peck, Anne E. “The Influences of Hedging on Futures Markets Activity-Some Further Evidence.” International Futures Trading Seminar, 1980.

Wilmouth, Robert K. “Exchange Views of Speculation.” Research on Speculation Seminar Report, 1980.

Tomek, William G. “Speculation and Price Behavior on Commodity Markets: A Survey.” Research on Speculation Seminar Report, 1980.

Stassen, John H. “Speculation: How the Growth of Fundamental Economic Issues Has Been Done Through Legislation Rather than Research or How Fundamental Economic Principles Have Been Ignored in Legislation, Notwithstanding Research.” Research on Speculation Seminar Report, 1980.

Hieronymus, Thomas A. “How the Practical Aspects of Testimony Directed Some Research.” Research on Speculation Seminar Report, 1980.

Brinkman, Walter. “Margins: Much Discussed, Little Understood.” Research on Speculation Seminar Report, 1980.

Kuhn, Betsey A. “Margins: A Review of the Literature.” Research on Speculation Seminar Report, 1980.

Johnson, Philip. “Key Cases in Manipulation.” Research on Speculation Seminar Report, 1980.

Gray, Roger W. “Economic Evidence in Manipulation Cases.” Research on Speculation Seminar Report, 1980.

Paul, Allen B. “Speculative Position Limits.” Research on Speculation Seminar Report, 1980.

Peck, Anne E. “Measures and Price Effects of Changes in Speculation on the Wheat, Corn, Soybean Futures Markets.” Research on Speculation Seminar Report, 1980.

Paul, Allen B., Kandice H. Kahl, and William G. Tomek. “Performance of Futures Markets: The Case of Maine Potatoes.” U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Technical Bulletin No. 1636, 1981.

Peck, Anne E. “The Adequacy of Speculation on the Wheat, Corn, and Soybean Futures Markets.” Research in Domestic and International Agribusiness Management, 1981.

Gregory, Owen K. “Banking and Commodity Market Structure: The Early Chicago Board of Trade.” Review of Research in Futures Markets, 1983.

Rothstein, Morton. “The Rejection and Acceptance of a Marketing Innovation: Hedging in the Late 19th Century.” Review of Research in Futures Markets, 1983.

Hieronymus, Thomas A. “Survival and Change: Post-World War II at the Chicago Board of Trade.” Review of Research in Futures Markets, 1983.

Howard, James A. “Grain Trading in the 1970s.” Review of Research in Futures Markets, 1983.

Lagana, Gretchen L. “The Archives of the Chicago Board of Trade.” Review of Research in Futures Markets, 1983.

Falk, Barry, and Peter F. Orazem. “A Theory of Futures Market’s Response to Government Crop Forecasts.” Department of Economics, Iowa State University, Working Paper No. 150, 1985.

Paarlberg, Don. “Tarnished Gold: Fifty Years of New Deal Farm Programs.” Conference on the Legacy of the New Deal, Center for Constructive Alternatives, Hillsdale, Michigan, March 10, 1987.

Tomek, William G. “Effects of Futures and Options Trading on Farm Incomes.” Options, Futures, and Agricultural Commodity Programs, Symposium Proceedings, 1988.