Recent developments in biofuel technologies have resulted in heightened linkages between the petroleum and agricultural sectors. As such, a large price and/or volatility shift experienced in one sector is now more likely to spill-over into the other. In trying to capture the interrelations...

A comparative study is conducted between U. S. and Chinese futures markets with a particular focus on the Samuelson hypothesis of the maturity effect. We examine 44 futures markets in the U.S. and 43 futures markets in China between April 1, 1987 and June 1, 2018. Here we examine 16 matched...