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A Short Note on Manipulation, Speculation and Crude Oil Prices


Rosa M. Abrantes-Metz


Global Economics Group, LLC; New York University - Leonard N. Stern School of Business - Department of Economics
May 2, 2012


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Measures have recently been proposed to restrict trading in crude oil and gasoline. This proposal is based on the presumption that market speculators are artificially raising the prices of these products; in other words, that the market is being manipulated. In this short note I will review the difficulty in defining, identifying and proving manipulation, how speculation differs from manipulation, and briefly discuss recent empirical evidence on the role of speculators and market restrictions into commodities prices.

Number of Pages in PDF File: 4

Keywords: Manipulation, Speculation, Oil Prices, Regulation

JEL Classification: G18, K20, K23

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Date posted: May 4, 2012  

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Abrantes-Metz, Rosa M., A Short Note on Manipulation, Speculation and Crude Oil Prices (May 2, 2012). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2050577 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2050577

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Rosa M. Abrantes-Metz (Contact Author)
Global Economics Group, LLC ( email )
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New York University - Leonard N. Stern School of Business - Department of Economics ( email )
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