Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/156138 
Year of Publication: 
2017
Series/Report no.: 
DIW Discussion Papers No. 1646
Publisher: 
Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW), Berlin
Abstract: 
This paper studies the effects of financial speculation on commodity futures returns, using publicly available data from the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission, aggregated by trader groups. We exploit the heteroskedasticity in the weekly data to identify exogenous variation in speculators' positions. The results suggest that idiosyncratic net long demand shocks of both index investors and hedge funds increase futures returns. They further indicate that these shocks are a relevant driver of returns, especially during periods of high speculative demand volatility. These findings confirm significant price effects of financial investments, complementing existing evidence based on disaggregated and proprietary daily data.
Subjects: 
financialization
hedge funds
index investors
market structure
liquidity
limits to arbitrage
heteroskedasticity
JEL: 
Q02
G13
E39
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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