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Commodity Storage Theory

Commodity Storage Theory is an economic framework that explains the intertemporal allocation of storable commodities by modeling how rational inventory holding decisions, driven by price expectations and convenience yields, determine spot and futures price relationships in commodity markets.

87

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7K

Citations

137

Authors

106

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

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Theory Of Storage

Parents

Publications

87

Commodity Futures Prices: Some Evidence on Forecast Power, Premiums, and the Theory of Storage

Eugene F. Fama, Kenneth R. French · The Journal of Business · 1987 · 1.1K citations

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Storage and Commodity Markets.

Christopher L. Gilbert, Jeffrey C. Williams, Brian D. Wright · The Economic Journal · 1992 · 691 citations

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Equilibrium Forward Curves for Commodities

Bryan Routledge, Duane J. Seppi, Chester S. Spatt · The Journal of Finance · 2000 · 495 citations · Full text

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Business Cycles and the Behavior of Metals Prices

Eugene F. Fama, Kenneth R. French · The Journal of Finance · 1988 · 435 citations

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Fundamentals and Volatility: Storage, Spreads, and the Dynamics of Metals Prices

Victor Ng, S. Craig Pirrong · The Journal of Business · 1994 · 243 citations

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Authors

137

  1. BD
    Brian D. Wright

    University of California, Berkeley, United States

    5 publications · 1.1K citations

    5

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  2. SH
    Scott H. Irwin

    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, United States

    4 publications · 198 citations

    4

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  3. AS
    Aaron Smith

    University of California, Davis, United States

    4 publications · 266 citations

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  4. PG
    Philip Garcia

    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, United States

    3 publications · 111 citations

    3

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  5. JB
    Juan Bobenrieth

    University of Bío-Bío, Chile

    3 publications · 74 citations

    3

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Institutions

106

  1. University of California, Davis

    Davis, United States

    5 h-index

    6 publications

    405 citations

  2. Agricultural & Applied Economics Association

    Milwaukee, United States

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    243 citations

  3. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    247 citations

  4. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Urbana, United States

    4 h-index

    8 publications

    396 citations

  5. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

    Santiago, Chile

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    140 citations

  6. Carnegie Mellon University

    Pittsburgh, United States

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    1.7K citations

  7. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    333 citations

  8. Purdue University West Lafayette

    West Lafayette, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    150 citations

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Venues

  1. American Journal of Agricultural Economics

    13 publications · 600 citations

    12

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  2. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 5 publications · 91 citations

    5

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  3. International Economic Review

    4 publications · 156 citations

    4

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  4. Journal of Futures Markets

    3 publications · 69 citations

    3

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  5. The Journal of Finance

    3 publications · 990 citations

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