Handel auf Terminkontraktmärkten

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.

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Year of publication:	2002-07
Authors:	Stückler, Maria
Institutions:	Vienna University of Economics and Business, Department of Economics
Subject:	commodity price instability \| futures markets \| futures prices \| marking to markets \| arbitrage-hedging \| hedging \| speculation \| normal backwardation)

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	Department of Economics Working Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	PDF Document
Classification:	Q00 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics. General
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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