Examining the Relationship of Crude Oil Future Price Return and Agricultural Future Price Return in US

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  • Ching-Chun Wei
  • Shu-Min Chen

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationships between crude oil futures and agricultural grain commodities futures for soybeans, wheat and corn. Daily data for soybeans, wheat and corn are collected from Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) and crude oil from New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX). The time period covered in this study extends from January 3, 2006 to February 22, 2012. In order to detect the relationships between crude oil and agriculture grain commodities futures, we apply the Vector Autoregression (VAR) model. From the VAR model, the change in each of agriculture grain commodities is significantly influenced by the change in the crude oil and other agriculture grain commodities.Keywords: Crude oil futures, Agricultural grain commodities futures, Granger causality, VAR.JEL Classifications: C58, G13, Q43, Q56.

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Ching-Chun Wei

associate professor, department of finance

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Published

2016-01-18

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Wei, C.-C., & Chen, S.-M. (2016). Examining the Relationship of Crude Oil Future Price Return and Agricultural Future Price Return in US. International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy, 6(1), 58–64. Retrieved from https://econjournals.com/index.php/ijeep/article/view/1555

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Vol. 6 No. 1 (2016)

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