Price Volatility and Rational Expectations in a Sectoral Framework Commodity Model: A Multivariate GARCH Approach
Agricultural Economics, Forthcoming
30 Pages Posted: 4 Dec 2010 Last revised: 21 Dec 2010
Date Written: December 2, 2010
Abstract
This paper explores supply response models in a rational expectations framework with endogenous risk by using a multivariate GARCH model with Cholesky decomposition. This approach allows the incorporation of price volatility as a risk factor into the supply response of a primary commodity sector that is composed of several markets of homogenous products. The model is applied to the Greek meat sector, which is composed of four major meat categories, i.e. beef, lamb, pork and broiler, and thus the model for the entire market includes supply and demand equations for all the four meat markets, which are estimated simultaneously. The empirical results confirm that price volatility is a significant risk factor in Greek meat production and also provide useful implications about the cost factors of production. Furthermore, the empirical findings show that the last reform of the Common Agricultural Policy seems to have had a negative effect on beef and lamb production in Greece.
Keywords: supply response, price volatility, CAP, MGARCH
JEL Classification: Q11, C51, D2
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