A controversial debate between financial speculation and changes in agricultural commodity spot prices
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19/01/2017
19/01/2017
25/05/2016
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Resumo |
Some research works state that speculation with agricultural commodities on the futures market has risen agricultural commodity spot prices. This research work analyzes the causal relationships between spot prices of corn, wheat, and soybean and agricultural commodity futures trading activities. These causal relationships between agricultural commodity spot prices and financial variables are tested for Granger-causality. Model results show that causal relationships have been found among changes in “volume traded” and “open positions” of futures contracts and changes in spot prices for corn. These results do not show that financial speculation might be a major driver of rising agricultural commodity prices. |
Identificador |
http://hdl.handle.net/10174/19844 sim nao nao nd 637 |
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por |
Publicador |
AgEcon Search - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association 2016 Annual Meeting |
Direitos |
openAccess |
Palavras-Chave | #Financialization #Agricultural Commodity Spot Prices |
Tipo |
lecture |