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Financial investors and cross-commodity markets integration

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This article presents a model for investigating the linkages between commodity markets arising from the operation of financial investors. The model thus examines the interactions of the physical and futures markets of one commodity with those of another commodity. The framework allows the various prices (current spot, future spot, futures prices), quantities (inventory and committed demand by processors), and futures risk premiums for two commodities to be computed, thereby enabling the price relations for any two commodities to be analyzed. Through comparative statics, I identify (i) the impact of supply and demand shocks and (ii) financialization on commodity markets. Furthermore, the model demonstrates the role of cross-commodity correlation in determining the integration between commodity markets.

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  • Isleimeyyeh, Mohammad, 2025. "Financial investors and cross-commodity markets integration," Journal of Commodity Markets, Elsevier, vol. 38(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:jocoma:v:38:y:2025:i:c:s2405851325000054
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jcomm.2025.100461
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    • D4 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design
    • G13 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Contingent Pricing; Futures Pricing
    • Q02 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - General - - - Commodity Market

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