• openAccess   Food Prices, Ethics and Forms of Speculation 

      Bredin, Don; Poti, Valerio; Salvador, Enrique Springer (2021-05-23)
      This paper examines the role of speculative motives in the determination of commodity prices and specifically food related commodity prices. The motivation for this study is the considerable flow of funds into commodities, ...
    • openAccess   Revisiting the Silver Crisis 

      Bredin, Don; Poti, Valerio; Salvador, Enrique Elsevier (2022-09-22)
      This paper examines the Silver Crisis of the late 1970s, which resulted in a $150 million lawsuit against the Hunt Brothers. In August 1988, the Hunt Brothers were found guilty by a jury of conspiracy, manipulation, ...