Financialization of Commodity Markets

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The Financialization of Commodities

Session Chair: Michael Ehrmann

The Stock Market Price of Commodity Risk

Presentation: Martijn Boons, Frans de Roon and Marta Szymanowska

Causes and Implications of Shifts in Financial Participation in Commodity Markets

Presentation: Bassam Fattouh and Lavan Mahadeva

Inter-linkages between Physical and Financial Markets

Session Chair: Ron Alquist

The Informational Role of Spot Prices and Inventories

Presentation: Thomas Lee, James Smith, and Rex Thompson

Does Paper Oil Matter?

Presentation: Bahattin Buyuksahin and Michel Robe

Impact of the Dodd-Frank Act on Commodity Futures and Swaps Markets

Presentation: Commissioner Scott O’Malia

Index-Investment and Commodity Prices

Session Chair: Bahattin Buyuksahin

Effects of Index-Fund Investing on Commodity Futures Prices

Presentation: James Hamilton and Jing Cynthia Wu

Energy Futures Prices and Commodity Index Investment: New Evidence from Firm-Level Position Data

Presentation: Scott Irwin and Dwight Sanders

Speculation in Commodity Markets

Session Chair: Mark Kruger

The Role of Speculation in Oil Markets: What Have we Learned so Far?

Presentation: Lutz Kilian, Bassam Fattouh and Lavan Mahadeva

The Financialization of Commodity Markets

Presentation: Wei Xiong and Ing-Haw Cheng

Content Type(s): Conferences and workshops