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Article

Is Futurization the Culprit for the Violent Fluctuation in China’s Apple Spot Price?

by
Lin Xie
1,
Jiahua Liao
2,
Haiting Chen
2,
Xuefei Yan
2 and
Xinyan Hu
1,*
1
National School of Agricultural Institution and Development, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
2
College of Economics and Management, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Agriculture 2021, 11(4), 342; https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture11040342
Submission received: 25 March 2021 / Revised: 7 April 2021 / Accepted: 8 April 2021 / Published: 12 April 2021
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Agricultural Food Marketing, Economics and Policies)
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Abstract

China aims to utilize the futures market to stabilize agricultural product price fluctuation by quantifying the effects of risk transfer and price discovery. However, the role of futurization has been questioned and even posited as the cause of drastic fluctuations in spot market prices. This research aims to clarify the impact of futurization on the price fluctuation of agricultural products and to provide policy reference for the development of the agricultural futures market through the research. Here, we examine the spot price data for apples and use Interrupted time-series analysis (ITSA) and GARCH models to estimate the impact of apple futures on the volatility of spot prices. Our findings demonstrate that the launch of China’s apple futures did not increase the volatility of apple spot prices; that is, futurization was not the cause of skyrocketing apple spot prices. In the long term, our results suggest that futures will help reduce the volatility of apple spot prices and that the introduction of futures will ultimately reduce the price volatility of agricultural products.
Keywords: apple; futures; spot price volatility; agricultural products apple; futures; spot price volatility; agricultural products
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Xie, L.; Liao, J.; Chen, H.; Yan, X.; Hu, X. Is Futurization the Culprit for the Violent Fluctuation in China’s Apple Spot Price? Agriculture 2021, 11, 342. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture11040342

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Xie L, Liao J, Chen H, Yan X, Hu X. Is Futurization the Culprit for the Violent Fluctuation in China’s Apple Spot Price? Agriculture. 2021; 11(4):342. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture11040342

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Xie, Lin, Jiahua Liao, Haiting Chen, Xuefei Yan, and Xinyan Hu. 2021. "Is Futurization the Culprit for the Violent Fluctuation in China’s Apple Spot Price?" Agriculture 11, no. 4: 342. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture11040342

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Xie, L., Liao, J., Chen, H., Yan, X., & Hu, X. (2021). Is Futurization the Culprit for the Violent Fluctuation in China’s Apple Spot Price? Agriculture, 11(4), 342. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture11040342

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