The relationship between commodity prices and freight rates in the dry bulk shipping segment: A threshold regression approach

We examine for the existence of threshold relationships in the commodity price – charter rate nexus. Using the first lag of the commodity price change as the threshold variable, we find that in the case of large drops in commodity prices, the magnitude of the relationship can strongly change. In suc...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Konstantinos D. Melas, Nektarios A. Michail
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-01-01
Series:Maritime Transport Research
Subjects:
G11
G12
G13
G20
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666822X21000174