Blame Game Continues: Speculators v Regulators

On January 13, 2012, I presented at the International Workshop on "Financial Speculation in the Oil Market and the Determinants of the Oil Price", organised by the Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei in Milano, Italy. My presentation was entitled "Blame Game Continues: Speculators v Regulators."

My presentation was based on the following articles that I co-authored:

• Fundamentals, Trader Activity and Derivative Pricing
• The Prevalence, Sources, and Effects of Herding
• The Role of Speculators in the Crude Oil Futures Market
• Speculators, Prices and Market Volatility
• Commodities and Equities: 'A Market of One'?
• Speculators, Commodities and Cross-Market Linkages
• Does 'Paper Oil' Matter? Energy Markets’ Financialization and Equity-Commodity Co-Movements