Moody Oil - What is Driving the Crude Oil Price?
CERETH Economic Working Paper No. 12/168
39 Pages Posted: 15 Oct 2012 Last revised: 2 Dec 2012
Date Written: October 15, 2012
Abstract
The unparalleled surge of the crude oil price after 2003 has triggered a heated scientific and public debate about its ultimate causes. Unexpected demand growth particularly from emerging economies appears to be the most prominently supported reason among academics. We study the price dynamics after 2003 in the global crude oil market using a structural VAR model. We account for structural breaks and approximate market expectations using a time series for media sentiment in order to contribute to the existing literature. We find that forward-looking demand activities rather than demand arising from current needs have played an important role for the run-up in the price of crude oil after 2003. We additionally find that emerging economies have not majorly contributed to the price surge.
Keywords: oil price, spot market, futures market, fundamentals, speculation, financialization
JEL Classification: Q43, Q41, C32, D8, E3
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