This paper contributes to the debate on commodity financialization by extending tests of herd behavior to the commodity futures markets. Utilizing a regime-switching model, we test the presence of herd behavior in a number of commodity sectors; including energy, metals, grains, and livestock;...

The article applies a Regime Switching Fractionally Integrated Error Correction Generalized Orthogonal GARCH model (RSFIEC-GO) for optimal futures hedging. RSFIEC-GO captures both the relationships of fractional cointegration and regime shifts between spot and futures returns. Empirical...