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State transition and volatility in China’s beef market: an MS-VAR analysis

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  • Xiong Zheng
  • Adrian Daud
  • Shairil Izwan Taasim
  • Anita Rosli

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Beef prices in China have experienced increased volatility in recent years, yet existing research has failed to distinguish the state dependence of price fluctuations. This study constructs a two-state Markov switching vector autoregression (MS-VAR) model based on beef price return data from eastern, central, and western China from 2010 to 2024. The results identify two price regimes: normal (low volatility) and abnormal (high volatility). Under normal conditions, market volatility is small, with regional prices primarily driven by internal factors; under abnormal conditions, prices fluctuate dramatically, with significantly enhanced regional linkage effects. Model comparisons show that the MS-VAR model outperforms linear VAR and threshold VAR (TVAR) models in both fitting and forecasting performance. This study expands theoretical understanding of the state dependence of price behavior in agricultural economics and provides policy implications for establishing early warning mechanisms for beef market price fluctuations and cross-regional linkage regulation.The study explains the state dependency of price fluctuations in China's beef market and the importance of monitoring price fluctuations for prize stabilization measures.

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  • Xiong Zheng & Adrian Daud & Shairil Izwan Taasim & Anita Rosli, 2025. "State transition and volatility in China’s beef market: an MS-VAR analysis," Cogent Economics & Finance, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 13(1), pages 2564210-256, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:oaefxx:v:13:y:2025:i:1:p:2564210
    DOI: 10.1080/23322039.2025.2564210
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