Brunetti, Celso; Reiffen, David - In: Journal of Financial Markets 21 (2014) C, pp. 153-180
Trading by commodity index traders (CITs) has become an important aspect of financial markets over the past 10 years. We develop an equilibrium model of trader behavior that relates uninformed CIT trading to futures prices. A key implication of the model is that CIT trading reduces the cost of...