Paul Peterson

Articles

• Peterson, P., & Choi, J. (2015). The First Mover Advantage as a Determinant of Trading Volume for East Asian Futures Markets. International Journal of Applied Economics and Econometrics, 23 (1), 75-88.
• Peterson, P. (2014). Position Limits and Potential Impacts on Hedgers. Farmdoc Daily, 4 (236).
• Peterson, P. (2014). Pricing Issues in Agricultural Markets. Farmdoc Daily, 4 (204).
• Peterson, P. (2014). Cattle at the Crossroads. Farmdoc Daily, 4 (175).
• Peterson, P. (2014). Peregrine Financial Group: Two Years and Counting. Farmdoc Daily, 4 (124).
• Peterson, P. (2014). Position Limits, Hedging, and Excessive Speculation. Farmdoc Daily, 4 (142).
• Peterson, P. (2014). Fixing Prices and Fixing Markets. Farmdoc Daily, 4 (118).
• Peterson, P. (2014). Protecting Futures Customers from Brokerage Firm Failures, Part 3. Farmdoc Daily, 4 (20).
• Peterson, P. (2014). Protecting Futures Customers from Brokerage Firm Failures, Part 4. Farmdoc Daily, 4 (36).
• Peterson, P. (2014). Protecting Futures Customers from Brokerage Firm Failures. Farmdoc Daily, 4 (6).
• Peterson, P. (2014). Protecting Futures Customers from Brokerage Firm Failures, Part 2. Farmdoc Daily, 4 (12).
• Peterson, P. (2013). Where Is My MF Global Check? Farmdoc Daily, 3 (240).
• Peterson, P. (2013). When Exchanges Change the Rules of the Game. Farmdoc Daily, 3 (197).
• Peterson, P. (2013). Behind the Collapse of MF Global. Farmdoc Daily, 3.
• Peterson, P. (2013). Behind the Collapse of MF Global. Choices, 28 (2).  link >
• Peterson, P. (2013). What’s Next for the Cattle Market? Farmdoc Daily, 3 (53).
• Peterson, P. (2013). Settling MF Global Claims: Who Gets What and Why? Farmdoc Daily, 3 (28).
• Peterson, P. (2012). CFTC-SEC Merger Proposal May Have Hidden Costs. Farmdoc Daily, 2 (246).
• Peterson, P. (2012). More on Position Limits, Excessive Speculation and the Dodd-Frank Act. Farmdoc Daily, 2 (207).
• Peterson, P. (2012). Position Limits, Excessive Speculation and the Dodd-Frank Act. Farmdoc Daily, 2 (201).
• Peterson, P. (2012). Still More on Position Limits, Excessive Speculation and the Dodd-Frank Act. Farmdoc Daily, 2 (212).
• Peterson, P. (2012). Consumer Spending and Beef Demand. Farmdoc Daily, 2 (168).
• Peterson, P. (2012). Lessons from LIBOR. Farmdoc Daily, 2 (149).
• Peterson, P., & Schnitkey, G. (2012). More Ways to Hedge the RP Guarantee Before Harvest. Farmdoc Daily, 2 (153).
• Peterson, P. (2012). Beef Supplies and Cattle Industry Expansion Plans. Farmdoc Daily, 2 (104).
• Peterson, P. (2012). Trading Hours and Daily Settlement Prices. Farmdoc Daily, 2 (122).
• Peterson, P. (2012). How Many Futures Contracts Can One Market Support? Farmdoc Daily, 2 (89).
• Peterson, P. (2012). Is There a Transaction Tax In Your Future? Farmdoc Daily, 2 (64).
• Peterson, P. (2012). Should I Sell My MF Global Claim? Farmdoc Daily, 2 (34).
• Peterson, P. (2012). Customer Accounts and the MF Global Bankruptcy. Farmdoc Daily, 2 (16).

Book Chapters

• Peterson, P., J.W. Choi, C.H. Yun, and M.S. Miller (Ed.) (2014). Trading Volume and Growth Characteristics of East Asian Futures Markets. Economic and Financial Asymmetries in Ongoing Crises ( pp. 165-173). Sidma Press.  link >

Books and Monographs

• Labuszewski, J., Nyhoff, J., Co, R., & Peterson, P. (2010). The CME Group Risk Management Handbook: Products and Applications. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.  link >

Conference Proceedings

• Peterson, P., & Choi, J. (2017). Metallgesellschaft Revisited. NCCC-134 Conference on Applied Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk Management.
• Peterson, P. (2015). Contango and Backwardation as Predictors of Commodity Price Direction. NCCC-134 Conference on Applied Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk Management.  link >
• Hu, D., & Peterson, P. (2014). Sources of Roll Returns in the S&P GSCI Excess Return Index. NCCC-134 Conference on Applied Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk Management: University of Illinois.  link >
• Peterson, P. (2014). How Large is the Agricultural Swaps Market? NCCC-134 Conference on Applied Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk Management: University of Illinois.  link >
• Peterson, P. (2013). Necessary and Sufficient Conditions for a Successful Futures Contract: The Case of Black Sea Wheat. International Food and Agribusiness Management Association 23rd Annual World Forum and Symposium.  link >
• Joseph, K., Garcia, P., & Peterson, P. (2013). Price Discovery in the U.S. Fed Cattle Market. NCCC-134 Conference on Applied Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk Management.  link >
• Peterson, P. (2013). Do Roll Returns Really Exist? An Analysis of the S&P GSCI. NCCC-134 Conference on Applied Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk Management: University of Illinois.  link >

Presentations

• Peterson, P. (2019). The Kraft Foods Wheat Price Manipulation Case. Illinois Economics Association.
• Peterson, P. (2018). Another Look at Cash-Futures Convergence. Illinois Economics Association.
• Peterson, P. (2017). Effectiveness of Position Limits in Preventing Market Manipulation. Illinois Economics Association.
• Peterson, P. (2015). Developing Successful New Futures Contracts. Illinois Economics Association.
• Peterson, P. (2015). Overview of the Dairy Swaps Market. Conference on Financial Risk and Federal Orders: New Considerations for Dairy.
• Peterson, P. (2014). Developing Successful Agricultural Futures Contracts. 4a Conferência em Gestão de Risco e Comercialização de Commodities, BM&F BOVESPA.
• Peterson, P. (2014). Evolution of the CME Live Cattle Contract. 4a Conferência em Gestão de Risco e Comercialização de Commodities, BM&F BOVESPA.
• Peterson, P. (2014). Roll Returns in the S&P GSCI Commodity Index. Illinois Economics Association.
• Peterson, P. (2013). Growth of the Asian Futures Markets. Illinois Economics Association.

Technical Reports

• Quinn, D., Winter-Nelson, A., Peterson, P., & Garcia, P. (2012). Building an Enabling Environment for Functioning Commodity Exchanges. USAID-EAT Policy Brief Washington DC: United States Agency for International Development (USAID.  link >