William G. Tomek

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Tomek, William G., and Willard W. Cochrane. “Long‑Run Demand:  A Concept, and Elasticity Estimates for Meats.” Journal of Farm Economics 44(1962):717-730.

Tomek, William G. “Changes in Price Elasticities of Demand for Beef, Pork, and Broilers.” Journal of Farm Economics 47(1965):793-802.

Wing, Kenneth E., and William G. Tomek. “The Pricing of Eggs: A Problem?” American Journal of Agricultural Economics 50(1968):443-445.

Emerson, Peter M., and William G. Tomek. “Did Futures Trading Influence Potato Prices?” American Journal of Agricultural Economics 51(1969):666-672.

Tomek, William G., and Roger W. Gray. “Temporal Relationships among Prices on Commodity Futures Markets: Their Allocative and Stabilizing Roles.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics 52(1970):372-380.

Gray, Roger W., and William G. Tomek. “Temporal Relationships among Futures Prices: Reply.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics 53(1971):362-366.

Tomek, William G. “A Note on Historical Wheat Prices and Futures Trading.” Food Research Institute Studies 11(1971):109-113.

Tomek, William G, and Kenneth L. Robinson. “Agricultural Price Analysis and Outlook.” in Surveys of Agricultural Economics Literature, Volume 1, ed. L. Martin. University of Minnesota Press, 1977, pp. 328-409.

Young, R., William G. Tomek. “A Comparison of Marketing Strategies for Potatoes in Upstate New York.” Journal of the Northeastern Agricultural Economics Council (1978):57-62.

Tomek, William G. “Commentary: Trading Volume and Price Variability: New Evidence on the Price Effects of Speculation.” in International Futures Trading Seminar Proceedings, Chicago Board of Trade, 1978, pp. 175‑77.

Tomek, William G. “Estimating Demand Relations Using Futures Prices.” Agricultural Economics Research 31(1979):30-39.

Tomek, William G. “An Analysis of the Futures‑Cash Price Basis for Live Cattle: Comment.” North Central Journal of Agricultural Economics 2(1980):81‑82.

Tomek, William G. “Price Behavior on a Declining Terminal Market.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics 62(1980):434-444.

Tomek, William G. “Futures Trading and Market Information: Some New Evidence.” Food Research Institute Studies 17(1979‑80):351‑359.

Tomek, William G, and R. M. Leuthold. “Developments in the Livestock Futures Literature.” in Proceedings Livestock Futures Research Symposium, eds. R. M. Leuthold & P. Dixon. Chicago Mercantile Exchange, 1980, pp. 39‑67.

Tomek, William G. “Speculation and Price Behavior on Commodity Markets: A Survey.” in Research on Speculation: Seminar Report. Chicago Board of Trade, 1981, pp. 8‑23.

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

Kahl, Kandice H., and William G. Tomek. “Effectiveness of Hedges in Potato Futures.” Journal of Futures Markets 2(1982):9‑18.

Tomek, William G. “Alternative Pricing Mechanisms in Agriculture.” in Future Fron­tiers in Agricultural Marketing Research, ed. P.L. Farris.  Iowa State Univ. Press, 1983, pp. 137‑62.

Tomek, William G. “Commentary: Daily Price Limits on Futures Contracts.” Review of Research in Futures Markets 3(1984):37‑39.

Tomek, William G., and  Scott F. Querin. “Random Processes in Prices and Technical Analysis.” Journal of Futures Markets 4(1984):15-23.

Taylor, P.D., and William G. Tomek. “Forecasting the Basis for Corn in Western New York.” Journal of the Northeastern Agricultural Economics Council 13(1984):97-102.

Tomek, William G. “Limits on Price Analysis.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics 67(1985):905-915.

Tomek, William G. “Margins on Futures Contracts: Their Economic Roles and Regula­tion.” in Futures Markets: Regulatory Issues, ed. A.Peck. American Enterprise Institute, 1985, pp. 143-209.

Kahl, Kandice H., and William G. Tomek. “Forward‑Pricing Models for Futures Markets: Some Statistical and Interpretative Issues.” Food Research Institute Studies 20(1986):71-85.

Sheales, Terence C., and William G. Tomek . “Hedging Australian Wheat Exports Using Futures Markets.” Journal of Futures Markets 7(1987):519-33.

Tomek, William G. “Futures Funds and Price Volatility: Commentary.” Review of Futures Markets6(1987):136-38.

Tomek, William G. “The Economic Efficiency of Alternative Exchange Mechanisms: Discussion.” in Economic Efficiency in Agricultural and Food Marketing, eds. R. Kilmer and W. Armbruster. Iowa State Univ. Press, 1987, pp. 150-53.

Park, David W., and William G. Tomek. “An Appraisal of Composite Forecasting Methods.” North Central Journal of Agricultural Economics 10(1988):1-11.

Tomek, William G. “Effects of Futures and Options Trading on Farm Incomes.” in Options, Futures and Agricultural Commodity Programs, Symposium Proceedings, ed. B.H. Wright. ERS, USDA, 1988, pp. 21-33.

Myers, Robert J., R. R. Piggott, and William G. Tomek. “Estimating Sources of Fluctuations in the Australian Wool Market: An Application of VAR Methods.” Australian Journal of Agricultural Economics 34(1990):242-262.

Streeter, Deborah H., and William G. Tomek. “Variability in Soybean Futures Prices: An Integrated Framework.” Journal of Futures Markets 12(1992):705-728.

Tomek, William G., and Robert J. Myers. “Empirical Analyses of Agricultural Commodity Prices: A Viewpoint.” Review of Agricultural Economics 15(1993):181-202.

Tomek, William G. “Dynamics of Price Changes: Implications for Agricultural Futures Markets.” in Research Frontiers in Futures and Options:  An Exchange of Ideas.  Office for Futures and Options Research, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1993, pp. 45-55.

Tomek, William G. “Dependence in Commodity Prices: A Comment.” Journal of Futures Markets 14(1994):103-109.

Tomek, William G. “Economic Forecasting in Agriculture: Comment.” International Journal of Forecasting 10(1994):143-145.

Tomek, William G. “Commentary: Origins of the Modern Exchange Clearing House: A History of Early Clearing and Settlement Methods at Futures Exchanges.” in Research Symposium Proceedings of the Annual Fall Research Seminar, December 1994. Chicago: Chicago Board of Trade, Fall 1995, pp. 305-08.

Tomek, William G. “Commodity Futures Prices as Forecasts.” Review of Agricultural Economics 19(1997):23-44.

Tomek, William G. “Structural Econometric Models: Past and Future (with Special Reference to Agricultural Economics Applications).” Proceedings of the NCR-134 Conference on Applied Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk Management. Chicago, IL, 1998.

Tomek, William G. “Commodity Prices Revisited.” Agricultural and Resource Economics Review (2000):125-137.

Tomek, William G., and Hikaru Hanawa Peterson. “Risk Management in Agricultural Markets: A Review.” Journal of Futures Markets 21(2001):953-985.

Hranaiova, Jana, and William G. Tomek. “Role of Delivery Options in Basis Convergence.” Journal of Futures Markets 22(2002):783-809.

Tomek, William G., and Kenneth L. Robinson. “Agricultural Product Prices.” Cornell University Press, 1972; second edition, 1981; third edition, 1990; fourth edition 2003.

Peterson, Hikaru Hanawa, and William G. Tomek. “How Much Of Commodity Price Behavior Can A Rational Expectations Storage Model Explain?” Agricultural Economics 33(2005):289-303.

Hranaiova, Jana, Robert A. Jarrow, and William G. Tomek. “Estimating the Value of Delivery Options in Futures Contracts.” Journal of Financial Research 28(2005):363-83.

Tomek, William G., and Hikaru Hanawa Peterson. “Implications of Commodity Price Behavior for Marketing Strategies.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics 87(2005):1258-1264.

Peterson, Hikaru Hanawa, and William G. Tomek. “Grain Marketing Strategies Within and Across Lifetimes.” Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 32(2007):181-200.

Wang, Dabin, and William G. Tomek. “Commodity Prices and Unit Root Tests.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics 89(2007):873-889.

Tomek, William G. “Agricultural Prices.” in Encyclopedia of Rural America: The Land and the People, vol. one, ed. G.A. Goreham. ABC-CLIO, 1997,Pp. 28-31, and revised in second edition, vol. one, Grey House Publishing, 2008, Pp. 43-6.

Schmit, Todd M., Leslie Verteramo, and William G. Tomek. “Implications of Growing Biofuel Demands on Northeast Livestock Feed Costs.” Agricultural and Resource Economics Review 38(2009):200-212.

Tomek, William G., and Timothy D. Mount. “New Econometric Methods for Structural Change Analysis of Agricultural and Food Markets: Discussion.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics 91(2009):1448-1449.

Myers, R. J., and R. J. Sexton and William G. Tomek. “A Century of Research on Agricultural Markets.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics 92(2010):376-403.