Speculation in the Oil Market

Journal of Applied Econometrics

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 621-649

  Juvenal, Luciana ^a   Petrella, Ivan ^b,c  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c CEPR   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84930589476     PISSN: 08837252     EISSN: 10991255     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jae.2388     Document Type: Article

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