Information flows between the U.S. and China commodity futures trading

Hung Gay Fung, Wai K. Leung, Xiaoqing Eleanor Xu

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Abstract

Using a bivariate GARCH model, we examine patterns of information flows for three commodity futures traded in both the developed U.S. market and the emerging China market (copper, soybeans and wheat). For copper and soybeans, the two commodities that are subject to less government regulation and fewer import restrictions in China, we find that the U.S. futures market plays a dominant role in transmitting information to the Chinese market, a result that confirms the importance of the U.S. role as a leader in the global financial market. For the heavily regulated and subsidized wheat commodity, our empirical results indicate that the U.S.-China futures markets are highly segmented in pricing, although information transmission via volatility spillover across markets is present.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)267-285
Number of pages19
JournalReview of Quantitative Finance and Accounting
Volume21
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Nov 2003
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • China futures market
  • Cross-market information spillover
  • GARCH model

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Accounting
  • General Business,Management and Accounting
  • Finance

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