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Department of Economics

Sophie Van Hullen

Overview

Sophie Van Hullen
Name:
Sophie Van Hullen
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Thesis title:
(working title) Excess Volatility or Volatile Fundamentals: The impact of financial speculation on commodity markets
Year of Study:
Year of Entry 2011-12
Internal Supervisors

Teaching

Research

  • Price formation and price variability in commodity spot and futures markets
  • Price discovery and risk hedging in commodity futures markets,
  • The impact of heterogenous traders on price formation and volatility
  • Price transmission mechanisms along commodity value-chains
  • The impact of price instability on small holder producers