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Chinese Journal of Management Science ›› 2023, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (11): 46-57.doi: 10.16381/j.cnki.issn1003-207x.2021.0250

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Do Major Events Affect the Stability of Shipping Market Spillover and Transmission?

Bin MENG,Rong-wen-jun LIAN,Cong SUI,Hai-bo KUANG()   

  1. Collaborative Innovation Center for Transport Studies,Dalian Maritime University,Dalian 116026,China
  • Received:2021-02-04 Revised:2021-09-11 Online:2023-11-15 Published:2023-11-20
  • Contact: Hai-bo KUANG E-mail:khb@dlmu.edu.cn

Abstract:

The development of world has been impacted by emergencies of varying degrees and unpredictability, such as the Trade conflict between China and the U.S., the crude oil price war, and the COVID-19. Investors' cognition and sentiment towards the market are directly or indirectly affected by the impact of the above events on the market relationship. Existing studies on cross-market risk spillovers of events are mostly confined to commodity and financial markets. As a giant industry always at the forefront of the global trade market, the shipping industry can not be ignored in the risk linkage between the cross-markets. It focuses on the shipping market, represented by Baltic Capesize Index, Baltic Panama Index, Baltic Supramax Index and Baltic Dirty Tanker Index, and the spillover linkage relationship between it with the commodity market which represented by crude oil, copper, aluminum and other industrial raw materials, and the capital market represented by stocks is explored. Therefore, it provides theoretical reference for cross-market portfolio participants, global transportation networks and capital markets. Firstly, the dynamic relationship among 12 fine molecule markets is modeled by Time-varying parameter VAR model (TVP-SVAR). Combined with the spillover index of different periods, the intensity and direction of spillover of price information among different sub-markets are investigated, so as to grasp the dynamic trend of the market system from 2014 to 2021. Secondly, by taking four major events as examples, the DY spillover index model is used to construct network, and the spillover rules between markets at different time are compared. The potential time-varying characteristics of network center of gravity are explored, and the migration rules of system spillover center under the impact of events are intuitively reflected.The results show that (1) The total spillover index of each sub-market remains at a high level, with an average of 67.29. Under the influence of different events, the total spillover index shows varying degrees of fluctuation, which confirms the influence of events on cross-market stability. The shipping market is the most important information carrier with an average of 37.37, and the Capesize bulk carrier market has the most outstanding overflow capacity. Moreover, the shipping market is different from other markets in that transporting and receiving capacity are asymmetrically distributed, which indicates that the fluctuation of freight price in the shipping market is mainly caused by its own influence, which once again proves the special status of the shipping market. (2) Different events have different impact intensity on the stability of cross-market spillover and the shipping market maintains the ability to transmit information. During the crude oil price war, the maximum of the overall market spillover increased by 31.76% compared with the average. During the COVID-19 pandemic, freight rate spillovers are higher than commodity price spillovers, highlighting the role of the shipping market in the system. In addition, the change of market spillover transmission center is also related to the type of events, and the information transmission ability of the market directly related to it will be improved to varying degrees when the corresponding events occur. New evidence for the importance of shipping market and events in the field of cross-market risk management and investment forecasting, and a new thinking direction for market investors are provided.

Key words: shipping market, spillover effect, major events, cross-market risk

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