Spillovers between Food and Energy Prices and Structural Breaks

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Alanoud Al-Maadid

Brunel University London - Economics and Finance

Guglielmo Maria Caporale

Brunel University London - Department of Economics and Finance; London South Bank University; CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute); German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin)

Fabio Spagnolo

Brunel University London - Economics and Finance

Nicola Spagnolo

Brunel University London - Economics and Finance

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Date Written: March 31, 2015

Abstract

This paper estimates a bivariate VAR-GARCH(1,1) model to examine linkages between food and energy prices. The adopted framework is suitable to analyse both mean and volatility spillovers, and also allows for possible parameter shifts resulting from four recent events, namely: 1) the 2006 food crisis, 2) the Brent oil bubble, 3) the introduction of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) policy, and 4) the 2008 global financial crisis. The empirical findings suggest that there are significant linkages between food and both oil and ethanol prices. Further, the four events considered had mixed effects, the 2006 food crisis and 2008 financial crisis leading to the most significant shifts in the (volatility) spillovers between the price series considered.

Keywords: energy and food prices, VAR-GARCH BEKK model, mean and volatility spillovers

JEL Classification: C320, F360, G150

Suggested Citation

Al-Maadid, Alanoud and Caporale, Guglielmo Maria and Spagnolo, Fabio and Spagnolo, Nicola, Spillovers between Food and Energy Prices and Structural Breaks (March 31, 2015). CESifo Working Paper Series No. 5282, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2593712 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2593712

Alanoud Al-Maadid

Brunel University London - Economics and Finance ( email )

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Nicola Spagnolo

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