The role of inventories and speculative trading in the global market for crude oil

Journal of Applied Econometrics

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 454-478

  Kilian, Lutz ^a,b   Murphy, Daniel P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b CEPR   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84875960842     PISSN: 08837252     EISSN: 10991255     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jae.2322     Document Type: Article

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