California carbon allowance futures

Shimeng Shi*, Jia Zhai

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Carbon pricing is an important tool to address climate challenge, while limited attention has been given to the U.S. carbon derivatives market, i.e., California carbon allowance (CCA) futures market. To deal with various data frequencies, we use a mixed frequency vector autoregressive model. We find that changes in trading positions of hedgers and speculators can affect the CCA futures returns. Like other commodity futures markets, commercials act as contrarians, while non-commercials behave like momentum traders. We find some evidence of a feedback relationship between the CCA futures market and California's economic condition. The interaction between the energy sector and the carbon futures market is evident. The CCA futures market is more sensitive to climate policy risk than abnormal temperature. Other ETSs’ carbon futures prices and inflation expectation could affect the CCA futures returns on some trading days.

Original languageEnglish
Article number106265
JournalFinance Research Letters
Volume70
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Dec 2024

Keywords

  • California carbon allowance futures
  • CFTC's trading position
  • Climate change
  • Energy sector
  • Real economy

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