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In this paper, we propose to identify the dependence structure existing between the returns of equity and commodity futures and its evolution through the past 20 years. The key point is that we do not do not impose the dependence structure but let the data select it. To do so, we model the...
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crude oil inventories affects the empirical evidence for speculation. Notwithstanding some differences, overall these …
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comovement among different commodities. We assess whether speculation in the oil market played a role in driving this salient … demand. However, speculation played a significant role in the oil price increase between 2004 and 2008, and its subsequent …
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was caused by the increased financialization of oil futures markets, which in turn allowed speculation to become a major … empirical methodologies and discuss to what extent each approach sheds light on the role of speculation. We find that the … existing evidence is not supportive of an important role of speculation in driving the spot price of oil after 2003. Instead …
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An affine asset pricing model in which agents have rational but heterogeneous expectations about future asset prices is developed. We estimate the model using data on bond yields and individual survey responses from the Survey of Professional Forecasters and perform a novel three-way...
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Using a portfolio balance model of exchange rate determination, this paper develops a theoretical explanation of why central banks do not make precise announcements of their exchange rate targets. In foreign exchange markets, where it is common knowledge that the central bank intervenes to...
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In this we specify and jointly estimate supply, demand and price equations for four aggregate commodity groups: food, beverages, agricultural raw materials and metals. This simple structural model allows us, for each group of commodities, to incorporate stock data for the first time, and to...
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We analyse the effects of insider trading on real investment and welfare, and the consequences of different regulatory policies: a disclose-or-abstain rule, ‘fair’ disclosure, laissez-faire and forbidding insider trades based on ‘precise’ information. We perform the analysis in a model...
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what target zones might accomplish in this context. The principal result is that the speculation of informed traders shifts …
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eliminates speculation as an explanation of the 2003-08 oil price surge. …
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