Table I.

Descriptive statistics of FFA prices, trading volume, fixture demand, spot rates and earnings for different dry bulk sectors

VariableMeanMedianStd. dev.SkewnessKurtosisNormalityPP Test
Jarque-Berap-ValPP Statp-Val
Capesize
VOL10,752.00010,002.0004,548.4720.8383.90247.4010.000−9.8200.000
FIX6,523,324.0005,704,875.0003,001,588.0000.8563.22939.0730.000−3.0860.029
SR2,204.7161,838.1001,315.7361.1204.30988.0640.000−2.6690.081
EARNING18,237.30012,333.34014,747.6101.4495.064165.6230.000−3.7740.004
FFA-Q114,751.021,1750.009,287.831.3974.235120.9800.000−1.9180.324
FFA-Q215,420.2213,000.008,551.111.1023.35564.5550.000−1.8820.341
FFA-Q315,818.0113,000.008,350.241.3985.217164.9710.000−3.3580.013
FFA-Q419,019.0515,000.008,745.350.8002.60235.1990.000−2.3730.150
Panamax
VOL8,161.9757,740.0002,994.9571.2625.855190.5540.000−11.4350.000
FIX3,821,475.0003,783,616.000932,392.8000.4043.73615.6990.000−14.6300.000
SR1,449.5771,080.200926.5281.3104.112106.3830.000−2.4350.133
EARNING10,045.1108,334.2745,740.8091.4254.590139.8210.000−2.5370.108
FFA-Q111,091.219,175.005,739.181.2333.76386.3110.000−1.2430.657
FFA-Q212,332.5010,625.005,825.211.3224.242110.5760.000−1.1710.688
FFA-Q310,857.769,200.005,318.811.3193.955102.0040.000−1.6240.469
FFA-Q411,920.4010,400.005,447.571.0603.23258.9540.000−1.3430.610
Supramax
VOL2,286.5212,065.5001,134.5521.6107.492427.6460.000−13.9750.000
FIX1,635,444.0001,618,028.000686,253.8000.1902.2639.6240.008−10.8430.000
SR1,211.9961,011.633580.3521.0563.60567.5450.000−1.5820.491
EARNING13,901.77013,151.9806,275.0770.9243.54651.9850.000−1.3470.609
FFA-Q111,408.1510,387.504,288.960.8783.09141.4780.000−1.0820.724
FFA-Q212,131.7511,125.004,448.661.1564.18690.5990.000−1.1110.712
FFA-Q311,207.0310,087.504,134.541.0043.59158.8350.000−1.2860.637
FFA-Q412,383.5111,250.004,487.991.2144.347103.4770.000−1.7650.398

Notes: The unit of measurement of VOL is lot. The unit of measurement of FIX is ton. The unit of measurement of EARNING is $/day. The unit of measurement of EARNING is $/day. Jarque-Bera is the Jarque and Bera test for normality. PP Stat is Phillips and Perron test for unit root

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