Economic and policy issues in the production of algae-based biofuels: A review

A Doshi, S Pascoe, L Coglan, TJ Rainey - Renewable and sustainable …, 2016 - Elsevier
Despite the initial environmental and supply benefits associated with conventional biofuels
leading to substantial policy support, research has indicated that these benefits might have …

The impact of speculation on commodity futures markets–A review of the findings of 100 empirical studies

M Haase, YS Zimmermann, H Zimmermann - Journal of Commodity Markets, 2016 - Elsevier
There are numerous empirical studies on the impact of speculation on commodity futures
markets. The papers strongly differ in terms of the focus variable (eg price, volatility, spill …

Volatility of international commodity prices in times of COVID-19: Effects of oil supply and global demand shocks

HC Ezeaku, SA Asongu, J Nnanna - The extractive industries and society, 2021 - Elsevier
This study examines the effects of oil supply and global demand shocks on the volatility of
commodity prices in the metal and agricultural commodity markets using the SVAR model …

The financialization of food?

VG Bruno, B Büyükşahin… - American Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Commodity‐equity return co‐movements rose dramatically during the Great Recession. This
development took place following what has been dubbed the “financialization” of commodity …

Do biofuel production and financial speculation in agricultural commodities influence African food prices? New evidence from a TVP-VAR extended joint …

J Guo, T Tanaka - Energy Economics, 2022 - Elsevier
Many African countries experienced social disorder and subsequent political instability as a
result of global commodity price inflation in 2007–2008, which reaffirmed the importance of …

Global oil price and food prices in food importing and oil exporting developing countries: A panel ARDL analysis

DO Olayungbo - Heliyon, 2021 - cell.com
In this study, we attempt to look into the cointegration and causal link of oil and food prices in
the sample countries that are both food importing and oil exporting economies. Yearly data …

Time-frequency causality and connectedness between oil price shocks and the world food prices

SA Raza, K Guesmi, F Belaid, N Shah - Research in International Business …, 2022 - Elsevier
The goal of this study is to examine the food and oil price nexus from January 1993 to
September 2020. To have a broader aspect, we decompose oil prices into demand and …

Infectious disease equity market volatility, geopolitical risk, speculation, and commodity returns: Comparative analysis of five epidemic outbreaks

S Long, J Guo - Research in international business and finance, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper uses a time-varying Granger causality test and time-varying parameter vector
autoregression with stochastic volatility model to analyze the effects of infectious disease …

The threat of oil market turmoils to food price stability in Sub-Saharan Africa

B Dalheimer, H Herwartz, A Lange - Energy Economics, 2021 - Elsevier
While the causal relationship between different types of oil shocks and food prices in the US
and other developed countries has been extensively studied, the inter-dynamics between …

Price explosiveness, speculation, and grain futures prices

XL Etienne, SH Irwin, P Garcia - American Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
A recently developed testing procedure is used to detect and date‐stamp explosive
episodes (“bubbles”) in corn, soybean, and wheat futures markets during 2004–2013. We …