Commodity prices are significantly more volatile than prices of industrial products. This extreme price instability establishes a need for futures markets in commodities. The main functions of futures trading being hedging against, and speculation on price fluctuations; and it is hedging, that determines the role of speculation. (author's abstract)Series: Department of Economics Working Paper Serie
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This study aims to access the impact of speculation in the futures market on commodities prices. Spe...
Futures markets exist to meet the needs of commercial trade having forward commodity dealings. The d...
The instability of commodity prices and the hypothesis that speculative behaviour was one of its cau...
Abstract. The instability of commodity prices and the hypothesis that speculative behaviour was one ...
Given the recent attempts at reforming financial excesses, the issue of commodities trading is witho...
This study introduces a non linear model for commodity futures prices which accounts for pressures d...
We propose a micro-founded equilibrium model to examine the interactions between the physical and th...
Futures price volatility in commodities markets: The role of short term vs long term speculation / M...
This study provides a systematic empirical investigation of lead-lag relationships among trading pos...
The economic function of commodity futures markets is generally acknowledged to be that of affording...
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Do hedging and speculative activity in commodity futures affect spot prices? Yes, when commodity pro...
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This article reviews some of the literature pertaining to futures markets. After briefly considering...
The dissertation analyzes the recent price shocks in agricultural commodities. We look both at the s...
This study aims to access the impact of speculation in the futures market on commodities prices. Spe...
Futures markets exist to meet the needs of commercial trade having forward commodity dealings. The d...