The role of trader positions in spot and futures prices for WTI

Energy Economics

Volumn 40, Issue , 2013, Pages 176-182

  Kolodziej, Marek ^a   Kaufmann, Robert K ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cash and carry; Oil inventories; Oil prices; Price discovery; Speculation; Trader positions

Indexed keywords

CASH AND CARRY; OIL INVENTORIES; OIL PRICES; PRICE DISCOVERY; SPECULATION; TRADER POSITIONS;

COMMERCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

COSTS;

COINTEGRATION ANALYSIS; ENERGY MARKET; INVENTORY; OIL SUPPLY; PRICE DYNAMICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84881106003     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2013.06.002     Document Type: Article

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