Well established and efficient agricultural commodity futures markets, are expected to perform the role of price discovery and risk management more effectively. The results of the Johansen's cointegration tests have shown that the spot and futures markets for the 12 agricultural commodities are...

This paper reviews extant research on commodity price dynamics and commodity derivatives pricing models. In the first half, we provide an overview of stylized facts of commodity price behavior that have been explored and documented in the theoretical and empirical literature. In the second half,...

In this study, an attempt has been made to identify the relationship between the spot price and the level of futures trading in the Indian commodity market using Granger causality test. For a better explanation of causality, the procedure of forecast error variance decomposition has been used....

Price discovery is one of the imperative functions of commodity derivative market. Its mechanism is established by long run and causal relationship between two variables. The present treatise is an attempt to examine the price discovery mechanism of commodity market in India. This paper...