Strangling speculation: the effect of the 1903 Viennese futures trading ban
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Keywords
Futures trading; Commodity markets; Speculation; Market regulation; Grain markets;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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