Strangling speculation: The effect of the 1903 Viennese futures trading ban
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Keywords
futures trading; volatility; information; market regulation; speculation; commodity markets; agricultural economics; Austro-Hungarian Empire;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- N23 - Economic History - - Financial Markets and Institutions - - - Europe: Pre-1913
- G13 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Contingent Pricing; Futures Pricing
- G14 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Information and Market Efficiency; Event Studies; Insider Trading
- G18 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Government Policy and Regulation
- G41 - Financial Economics - - Behavioral Finance - - - Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making in Financial Markets
- E65 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook - - - Studies of Particular Policy Episodes
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AGR-2022-01-10 (Agricultural Economics)
- NEP-CWA-2022-01-10 (Central and Western Asia)
- NEP-HIS-2022-01-10 (Business, Economic and Financial History)
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