Co-movements in commodity prices: a note based on network analysis

This article analyses co-movements in a wide group of commodity prices during the time period 1992?2010. Our methodological approach is based on the correlation matrix and the networks inside. Through this approach we are able to summarize global interaction and interdependence, capturing the existi...

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Autores: Matesanz Gómez, David, Torgler, Benno, Dabat, Germán, Ortega, Guillermo José
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/33066
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/33066
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Commodity Prices
Hierarchy And Topology
Complex Network
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Sumario:This article analyses co-movements in a wide group of commodity prices during the time period 1992?2010. Our methodological approach is based on the correlation matrix and the networks inside. Through this approach we are able to summarize global interaction and interdependence, capturing the existing heterogeneity in the degrees of synchronization between commodity prices. Our results produce two main findings: (a) we do not observe a persistent increase in the degree of co-movement of the commodity prices in our time sample, however from mid-2008 to the end of 2009 co-movements almost doubled when compared with the average correlation; (b) we observe three groups of commodities which have exhibited similar price dynamics (metals, oil and grains, and oilseeds) and which have increased their degree of co-movement during the sampled period.