"The authors examine the price linkages among polyester (the dominant chemical fiber), cotton (the dominant natural … commodities. b) Crude oil prices have a stronger effect on polyester prices compared with cotton prices. c) Price shocks … cotton and polyester prices, well above the co-movement observed between these two prices and prices of other primary …

In the context of recent commodity price hikes, the financialisation of commodity derivative markets, reflected in the …, cotton, soft red winter and hard red winter wheat and WTI and Brent crude oil the effect of both types of financial investors …