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The unparalleled surge of the crude oil price after 2003 has triggered a heated scientific and public debate about its ultimate causes. Unexpected demand growth particularly from emerging economies appears to be the most prominently supported reason among academics. We study the price dynamics...
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In this paper, we examine the volatility of crude oil price using daily data for the period 1991-2006. Our main … innovation is that we examine volatility in various sub-samples in order to judge the robustness of our results. Our main … effects, on volatility. These findings imply that the behaviour of oil prices tends to change over short periods of time …
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The run-up in oil prices since 2004 coincided with growing investment in commodity markets and increased price comovement among different commodities. We assess whether speculation in the oil market played a role in driving this salient empirical pattern. We identify oil shocks from a large...
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Using a modified DCC-MIDAS specification, we endogenize the long-term correlation between crude oil and stock price returns with respect to the stance of the U.S. macroeconomy. We find that variables that contain information on current and future economic activity are helpful predictors of...
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As the price of crude oil doubled from June 2007 to June 2008, suspicion grew that price was being driven higher by speculation rather than fundamental supply and demand. After having seen the price drop 70 percent from its peak, this explanation may appear more plausible than ever. This paper...
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calls are able to reduce volatility and drawdown of a pure S&P GSCI Crude Oil position in a variety of market environments …
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