Testing for cointegration between the New York and London futures markets for coffee /

an active event. The price spread between the New York and

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Patel, Mona Dinesh, 1968-
Format: Thesis eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified] ; 1997.
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Online Access:Link to OAKTrust copy
Description
Summary:an active event. The price spread between the New York and
Arbitrage between the New York and London futures markets is
between two or more series. The process of testing for
both of the data series were tested for stationarity. The
coffee falls short, the premium between the two markets
cointegrating relationship, arbitrage opportunities exist.
cointegration between the New York and London coffee futures
Cointegration signifies a long-term equilibrium relationship
cointegration was performed. Usually, if two markets have a
comparatively more of the New York coffee, driving its price
considered for the New York market, and the error correction
correction model and the vector autoregression model were
data were transformed to induce stationarity. The second
expected demands and supplies, as well as long run factors,
London futures markets, is affected by factors concerning the
long run the premium widens, as exporters will purchase
market. The New York futures price for coffee is the premium
model forecasts outperformed the vector autoregression model.
narrows and this allows for arbitrage possibilities. In the
New York and London coffee futures markets, a test for
occur, two forecasts models were developed. The error-
present. To determine when the arbitrage opportunities
price and this reflects both short run differences in
prices involved two steps. The first is to determine
stationarity and the second is to test for cointegration.
step is to test for cointegration, and this was performed
such as tastes and preferences. If the supply of London
supply and demand of each commodity and the world coffee
These tests concluded that a cointegration relationship is
To determine whether or not arbitrage is possible between the
up and therefore returning the premium to its usual level.
Using the Dickey-Fuller and Augmented Dickey-Fuller tests,
using the Durbin-Watson test and the Dickey-Fuller test.
Item Description:"Major subject: Agricultural Economics".
Vita.
Physical Description:ix, 57 leaves : illustrations ; 28 cm.
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Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references: pages 47-49.