How does trade policy uncertainty affect agriculture commodity prices?

Ting-Ting Sun, Chi-Wei Su, Nawazish Mirza and Muhammad Umar

Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, 2021, vol. 66, issue C

Abstract: The present paper explores the impact of trade policy uncertainty (TPU) on agricultural commodity prices (ACP) by employing bootstrap full- and subsample rolling-window Granger causality tests. We find that TPU has both positive and negative effects on ACP, suggesting that TPU may change the supply of and demand for agricultural commodities, leading to fluctuations in ACP. These results support the hypotheses derived from the general equilibrium model, which highlights that TPU can significantly affect ACP. In turn, we find a positive impact of ACP on TPU, indicating that the agricultural commodity market reflects trade conditions in advance. In the context of Sino-U.S. trade frictions and the COVID-19 pandemic, the interaction between TPU and ACP can provide insights for governments to prevent large fluctuations in agricultural commodity markets and stabilize the national economy.

Keywords: Trade policy uncertainty; Agricultural commodity prices; Causality; Rolling window (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1016/j.pacfin.2021.101514

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