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Carlotta Breman

MSc. Student, Management of Technology, Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management, Delft University of Technology

Carlotta Breman is an MSc Student of Management of Technology at Delft University of Technology. She is half Dutch and half Italian; she obtained a BSc degree in Mathematical Engineering at Politecnico of Milan. In her Masters, she specialized in the field of Economics & Finance and investigated speculation in commodity markets for her MSc thesis.

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Oil Prices, Oil Profits, Speculation, and Inflation

Article By Carlotta Breman and Servaas Storm | Jun 26, 2023

The role of speculation in the crude oil market in the increase in the WTI crude oil price.

Betting on Black Gold: Oil Speculation and U.S. Inflation (2020-2022)

Paper Working Paper | By Carlotta Breman and Servaas Storm | Jun 2023

Were the sharp increases in prices during 2020-2022 due to fundamental shifts in supply and demand or are they attributable to excessive market speculation?