The impact of geopolitical risk on the international agricultural market: Empirical analysis based on the GJR-GARCH-MIDAS model

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Auteurs principaux: Dai, Yun-Shi, Dai, Peng-Fei, Zhou, Wei-Xing
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author Dai, Yun-Shi
Dai, Peng-Fei
Zhou, Wei-Xing
author_facet Dai, Yun-Shi
Dai, Peng-Fei
Zhou, Wei-Xing
contents The current international landscape is turbulent and unstable, with frequent outbreaks of geopolitical conflicts worldwide. Geopolitical risk has emerged as a significant threat to regional and global peace, stability, and economic prosperity, causing serious disruptions to the global food system and food security. Focusing on the international food market, this paper builds different dimensions of geopolitical risk measures based on the random matrix theory and constructs single- and two-factor GJR-GARCH-MIDAS models with fixed time span and rolling window, respectively, to investigate the impact of geopolitical risk on food market volatility. The findings indicate that modeling based on rolling window performs better in describing the overall volatility of the wheat, maize, soybean, and rice markets, and the two-factor models generally exhibit stronger explanatory power in most cases. In terms of short-term fluctuations, all four staple food markets demonstrate obvious volatility clustering and high volatility persistence, without significant asymmetry. Regarding long-term volatility, the realized volatility of wheat, maize, and soybean significantly exacerbates their long-run market volatility. Additionally, geopolitical risks of different dimensions show varying directions and degrees of effects in explaining the long-term market volatility of the four staple food commodities. This study contributes to the understanding of the macro-drivers of food market fluctuations, provides useful information for investment using agricultural futures, and offers valuable insights into maintaining the stable operation of food markets and safeguarding global food security.
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spellingShingle The impact of geopolitical risk on the international agricultural market: Empirical analysis based on the GJR-GARCH-MIDAS model
Dai, Yun-Shi
Dai, Peng-Fei
Zhou, Wei-Xing
Econometrics
The current international landscape is turbulent and unstable, with frequent outbreaks of geopolitical conflicts worldwide. Geopolitical risk has emerged as a significant threat to regional and global peace, stability, and economic prosperity, causing serious disruptions to the global food system and food security. Focusing on the international food market, this paper builds different dimensions of geopolitical risk measures based on the random matrix theory and constructs single- and two-factor GJR-GARCH-MIDAS models with fixed time span and rolling window, respectively, to investigate the impact of geopolitical risk on food market volatility. The findings indicate that modeling based on rolling window performs better in describing the overall volatility of the wheat, maize, soybean, and rice markets, and the two-factor models generally exhibit stronger explanatory power in most cases. In terms of short-term fluctuations, all four staple food markets demonstrate obvious volatility clustering and high volatility persistence, without significant asymmetry. Regarding long-term volatility, the realized volatility of wheat, maize, and soybean significantly exacerbates their long-run market volatility. Additionally, geopolitical risks of different dimensions show varying directions and degrees of effects in explaining the long-term market volatility of the four staple food commodities. This study contributes to the understanding of the macro-drivers of food market fluctuations, provides useful information for investment using agricultural futures, and offers valuable insights into maintaining the stable operation of food markets and safeguarding global food security.
title The impact of geopolitical risk on the international agricultural market: Empirical analysis based on the GJR-GARCH-MIDAS model
topic Econometrics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.01641