A Proposal to Fix the Number of Factors on Modeling the Dynamics of Futures Contracts on Commodity Prices

In the literature on modeling commodity futures prices, we find that the stochastic behavior of the spot price is a response to between one and four factors, including both short- and long-term components. The more factors considered in modeling a spot price process, the better the fit to observed f...

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Main Authors: Andrés García-Mirantes, Beatriz Larraz, Javier Población
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-06-01
Series:Mathematics
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7390/8/6/973