Price Volatility Spillover in Agricultural Markets: An Examination of U.S. Catfish Markets

By: Buguk, Cumhur; Hudson, Darren; Hanson, Terrill R.
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Buguk, Cumhur; Hudson, Darren; Hanson, Terrill R., Price Volatility Spillover in Agricultural Markets: An Examination of U.S. Catfish Markets, Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Volume 28, Issue 1, April 2003, Pages 86-99

Price volatility spillovers in the U.S. catfish supply chain are analyzed based on monthly price data from 1980 through 2000 for catfish feed, its ingredients, and farm- and wholesale-level catfish. The exponential generalized autoregressive conditional heteroskedasticity (EGARCH) model was used to test univariate volatility spillovers for prices in the supply chain. Strong price volatility spillover from feeding material (corn, soybeans, menhaden) to catfish feed and farm- and wholesale-level catfish prices was detected.