Abstract
Price volatility in the December contract of cotton was examined over the 1987-1997 period. An ARCH model was used to estimate the effects of seasonality, time-to-maturity, policy, weather, and supply and demand conditions on the variability of prices from planting to harvest. Findings indicate that there is a seasonal pattern to price volatility. Changes in farm policy do not appear to have had a significant impact, but the loan rate tends to have an inverse impact on volatility. Finally, there appears to be a non-linear relationship between the level of the futures price and price volatility.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages | 328-334 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| State | Published - 1999 |
| Event | Proceedings of the 1999 Beltwide Cotton Conference - Orlando, United States Duration: Jan 3 1999 → Jan 7 1999 |
Conference
| Conference | Proceedings of the 1999 Beltwide Cotton Conference |
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| Country/Territory | United States |
| City | Orlando |
| Period | 01/3/99 → 01/7/99 |