Equilibrium Relations between the Spot and Futures Markets for Commodities: An Infinite Horizon Model. Ekeland, I., Jaeck, É., Lautier, D., & Villeneuve, B. 2016.
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We give new insights into the theory of the behavior of commodity prices with an infinite horizon rational expectations equilibrium model for spot and futures commodity prices. Numerical simulations of the model emphasize the heterogeneity that exists in the behavior of commodity prices by showing the link between the physical characteristics of a market and some stylized facts of commodity futures prices. They show the impact of storage costs on both the variability of the basis and on the Samuelson effect. Finally, the simulations of the model show that an increase in the speculative activity on commodity futures markets has an overall positive effect on risk premia and quantities. However, not all of the agents benefit from it.
@Unpublished{Ekeland_et_al_2016,
  Title                    = {Equilibrium Relations between the Spot and Futures Markets for Commodities: An Infinite Horizon Model},
  Author                   = {Ekeland, Ivar and Jaeck, Édouard and Lautier, Delphine and Villeneuve, Bertrand},
  Year                     = {2016},

  Abstract                 = {We give new insights into the theory of the behavior of commodity prices with an infinite horizon rational expectations equilibrium model for spot and futures commodity prices. Numerical simulations of the model emphasize the heterogeneity that exists in the behavior of commodity prices by showing the link between the physical characteristics of a market and some stylized facts of commodity futures prices. They show
the impact of storage costs on both the variability of the basis and on the Samuelson effect. Finally, the simulations of the model show that an increase in the speculative activity on commodity futures markets has an overall positive effect on risk premia and quantities. However, not all of the agents benefit from it.},
  Owner                    = {bertrand},
  Timestamp                = {2016.10.25}
}

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