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Measuring the dynamic term structure of the FFA market

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  • Bin Meng
  • Shuiyang Chen
  • Mo Yang
  • Haibo Kuang
  • Yu Bao

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Forward Freight Agreements (FFAs) are exchange-traded futures and the main means of risk management for shipping spot freight. The relationship between the FFA market and the shipping spot market has attracted much attention, but few studies focus on the dynamic FFA term structure and its correlation with the spot price. In this study, we establish the dynamic term structure of the FFA market by quantifying the level factor, the slope factor and the curvature factor of the FFA term structure to reveal the underlying information in the shipping derivatives market, and further scrutinize the impact of the FFA term-structure factors on the shipping spot market. The empirical results indicate that the term-structure factors have significant time-varying effects on the BDI and BPI: The effect of the term-structure factors on BDI and BPI changes with shipping market conditions and economic environment. The level factor has a positive effect, while the slope factor and the curvature factor both have negative effects, with the impacts on the BPI being about twice as large as the impacts on the BDI. The three factors all have their strongest effect in the short term and the weakest effect in the long term.

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  • Bin Meng & Shuiyang Chen & Mo Yang & Haibo Kuang & Yu Bao, 2024. "Measuring the dynamic term structure of the FFA market," Maritime Policy & Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 51(5), pages 828-847, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:marpmg:v:51:y:2024:i:5:p:828-847
    DOI: 10.1080/03088839.2023.2271936
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