Table III.

Descriptive statistics of the variance of the fixture demand, the covariance between the fixture demand and the spot rate, the covariance between the fixture demand and the earning and the volatilities of the FFA return for different dry bulk sectors

VariableMeanMedianStd. Dev.SkewnessKurtosisNormalityPP Test
Jarque-Berap-ValPP Statp-Val
Capesize
COVFEC0.0190.0180.00353.24719.9084606.230.000−14.05350.000
COVFSC0.0140.0130.00621.1984.557114.570.000−6.0920.000
VARFC0.1440.1220.0725.91752.28436072.20.000−15.0330.000
FV-Q10.00550.00420.00384.20730.10010501.490.000−6.7050.000
FV-Q20.00890.00420.01716.24050.16831344.160.000−9.8550.000
FV-Q30.00620.00360.01126.64653.61335598.950.000−6.9920.000
FV-Q40.01060.00770.01799.18590.362102939.80.000−13.0690.000
Panamax
COVFEP0.001960.001790.00071.376.093239.8500.000−10.3060.000
COVFSP0.00560.00510.00171.9737.758536.4970.000−11.6790.000
VARFP0.0630.0510.0335.28640.65121474.7700.000−17.1400.000
FV-Q10.00280.00200.00264.54733.35313093.910.000−3.5240.008
FV-Q20.00380.00240.00555.98947.17427581.100.000−5.6150.000
FV-Q30.00330.00200.00515.02633.71013576.150.000−5.4350.000
FV-Q40.0060.0050.006711.845148.212279615.00.000−10.6440.000
Supramax
COVFES0.00070.00050.00210.9098.738508.7400.000−7.31160.000
COVFSS0.00230.00180.00211.7039.907832.6750.000−8.1320.000
VARFS0.1350.1160.0541.5735.482225.4260.000−2.2630.185
FV-Q10.00220.00150.00296.54055.80841190.30.000−5.4830.000
FV-Q20.00210.00160.00174.62128.69710347.530.000−4.2890.001
FV-Q30.00200.00130.00337.44366.90757585.750.000−10.6600.000
FV-Q40.00180.00120.00245.23132.89613961.420.000−9.6260.000

Note: Jarque-Bera is the Jarque and Bera test for normality. PP Stat is the Phillips and Perron test for unit root

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