Transmission of risks between energy and agricultural commodities: Frequency time-varying VAR, asymmetry and portfolio management

Fumitaka Furuoka, Olaoluwa Yaya, Piu Kiew Ling, Mamdouh Abdulaziz Sa Al-Faryan and M. Nazmul Islam

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Abstract: This paper examines energy and agricultural commodities' short-run and long-run connectedness by using the Time-varying parameter vector autoregressions (TVP-VAR). It applies the frequency version of the TVP-VAR model, which is a modified version of the dynamic TVP-VAR model. The frequency decomposition definition also decomposes into short-run and long-run connectedness. We further the analysis by investigating the effect of asymmetry in returns on connectedness. It also examines how portfolio management strategies would lead to a maximization of profits with minimal risks. Empirical evidence indicates that only 32.52% and 31.38% of connectedness in oil and gas, respectively, are transmitted to agricultural commodities, which suggests their weak tendencies in influencing agricultural commodities; the total connectedness index hovers around 40-60% in the 2018-2019 period; however, it dropped below 40% in 2020-2021 when the COVID-19 pandemic contributed to disintegrate the connectedness between energy and agricultural commodities but increased further during the 2022 Russia-Ukraine saga. The findings also indicate that corn, wheat, and flour are net transmitters of risks to oil and natural gas in the long and short-run, and wheat-flour pairwise connectedness is the strongest in the connectedness. Asymmetry is also pronounced in the network of connectedness. Portfolio analyses indicate that investors require a low proportion of energy in a portfolio of energy-agricultural commodities to achieve an optimum profit. The findings will offer exciting insights into the connectedness of agricultural and energy commodities, particularly during periods of high price uncertainty.

Keywords: Agricultural commodity; Asymmetry; Frequency TVP-VAR; Optimal weight; Risk (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C22 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023-02-03, Revised 2022-12-04
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-agr, nep-cis, nep-ene, nep-rmg and nep-tra
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