This paper determines the threshold at which commodity price volatility generates an adverse effect on the stability of the financial sector in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The study is conducted on 24 countries over the period 2002–2021, using a dynamic panel model with threshold effects and the...

We estimate the long-term component of commodity prices while determining the optimal data frequency for that purpose. We use futures prices of three energy commodities observed at four frequencies from the 1980s to 2021 and apply five methodologies ranging from detrending and moving averages to...

In the aftermath of the Covid pandemic rising commodity prices went hand-in-hand with a strengthening US dollar. This was a sharp contrast to the usual relationship between commodity prices and the dollar. This paper presents evidence that post-Covid correlation patterns could become more common...

Sustainable use of land resources is at the core of the bioeconomy, and it is of central importance for development in the coming decades. The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals reflect this aspect of development both directly and indirectly. Important global trends, such as a growing...

This paper studies the saving response of households to shocks in the capital position of their pension fund. Using survey panel data matched to supervisory data of Dutch occupational pension funds for a period that involved three major economic crises, we provide evidence of an increase in...

The paper seeks to answer the question of how price forecasting can contribute to which techniques gives the most accurate results in the futures commodity market. A total of two families of models (decision trees, artificial intelligence) were used to produce estimates for 2018 and 2022 for 21-...