Rational destabilizing speculation, positive feedback trading, and the oil bubble of 2008

Energy Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 2051-2061

  Tokic, Damir ^a  

^a RENNES SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (France)

Author keywords

Commercial hedgers; Positive feedback trading; The 2008 oil bubble

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL HEDGERS; COMMERCIAL MARKET; CRUDE OIL FUTURES; CRUDE OIL PRICES; FINANCIAL CRISIS; OIL PRODUCERS; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; POSITIVE-FEEDBACK TRADING; SHORT POSITION; THE 2008 OIL BUBBLE;

CRUDE OIL; FEEDBACK; FENCES; INVESTMENTS;

COMMERCE;

CRUDE OIL; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY POLICY; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; HYDROCARBON RESOURCE; OIL PRODUCTION; OIL SUPPLY; RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 79952359552     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2011.01.048     Document Type: Article

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