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CARL and His POT: Measuring Risks in Commodity Markets

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  • Bernardina Algieri

    (Department of Economics, Statistics and Finance, University of Calabria, Ponte Bucci, 87030 Rende (CS), Italy
    Department of Economic and Technological Change, Zentrum für Entwicklungsforschung (ZEF), Universität Bonn, Walter-Flex-Straße 3, 53113 Bonn, Germany)

  • Arturo Leccadito

    (Department of Economics, Statistics and Finance, University of Calabria, Ponte Bucci, 87030 Rende (CS), Italy)

Abstract

The present study aims at modelling market risk for four commodities, namely West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil, natural gas, gold and corn for the period 2007–2017. To this purpose, we use Extreme Value Theory (EVT) together with a set of Conditional Auto-Regressive Logit (CARL) models to predict risk measures for the futures return series of the considered commodities. In particular, the Peaks-Over-Threshold (POT) method has been combined with the Indicator and Absolute Value CARL models in order to predict the probability of tail events and the Value-at-Risk and the Expected Shortfall risk measures for the selected commodities. Backtesting procedures indicate that generally CARL models augmented with specific implied volatility outperform the benchmark model and thus they represent a valuable tool to anticipate and manage risks in the markets.

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  • Bernardina Algieri & Arturo Leccadito, 2020. "CARL and His POT: Measuring Risks in Commodity Markets," Risks, MDPI, vol. 8(1), pages 1-15, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jrisks:v:8:y:2020:i:1:p:27-:d:332245
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