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Financialization, common stochastic trends, and commodity prices
Author(s) -
Kupabado Moses M.,
Kaehler Juergen
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of futures markets
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.88
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1096-9934
pISSN - 0270-7314
DOI - 10.1002/fut.22269
Subject(s) - financialization , economics , futures contract , commodity , financial economics , index (typography) , granger causality , west texas intermediate , spot contract , monetary economics , econometrics , finance , world wide web , computer science
Commodity financialization has been a subject of discussion since the 2008 financial crisis. It is estimated that between 2003 and 2008, index investorsʼ positions increased from $13 billion to $317 billion. Surprisingly, most studies, predominantly based on Granger‐causality testing, find no relationship between financialization and commodity prices. We examine the effects of shocks to the common stochastic trends in the index positions, the spot and futures prices of Chicago corn and soybeans, WTI crude oil and Henry Hub natural gas. The results show that financialization has contributed to the price movements of these commodities.