Agricultural Price Volatiltiy Spillover Effects: The Case Of Greece

European Review of Agricultural Economics, Vol. 30, Iss. 3, pp. 389-406, 2006

18 Pages Posted: 23 Jun 2008

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Nicholas Apergis

University of Piraeus

Anthony N. Rezitis

Agricultural University of Athens - Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development

Abstract

This paper investigates volatility spillover effects across agricultural input prices, agricultural output prices and retail food prices using the technique of Generalised Autoregressive Conditional Heteroscedastic (GARCH) models. The empirical findings show that the volatility of both agricultural input and retail food prices exerts significant, positive spillover effects on the volatility of agricultural output prices. Moreover, the volatility of agricultural output prices has a significant, positive impact on its own volatility. Agricultural output prices are shown to be more volatile than agricultural input and retail food prices.

Keywords: agricultural prices, volatiltiy, GARCH process

JEL Classification: Q11, Q13

Suggested Citation

Apergis, Nicholas and Rezitis, Anthony N., Agricultural Price Volatiltiy Spillover Effects: The Case Of Greece. European Review of Agricultural Economics, Vol. 30, Iss. 3, pp. 389-406, 2006 , Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1150089

Nicholas Apergis (Contact Author)

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Anthony N. Rezitis

Agricultural University of Athens - Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development ( email )

Athens
Greece