Table 4

Bubble period durations (days) and price changes

SpeciesBubble periodDuration (days)Peak valuePrice change of positive bubbles (%)Price change of negative bubbles (%)Implementation of restrictive rosewood trade policies
Start to peakPeak to endStart to troughTrough to end
Pterocarpus erinaceusNov 29, 2013 to Feb 27, 2014762.9925.96−1.07  Ghana imposed a total ban on the logging and export of P. erinaceus in January 2014
Jul 5 to Aug 11, 2014381.96  −10.481.70 
Sep 6–27, 2014220.90  −4.840.00 
Nov 18 to Dec 4, 2014170.85  −3.800.00 
Feb 23 to Mar 6, 2017121.585.00−1.59   
Jun 3–7, 201751.134.11−1.32   
Sum170      
Dalbergia cochinchinensisJun 6 to Jul 2, 2012270.56  −2.501.03 
Jul 20–25, 201260.57  −0.450.19 
Jun 25 to Jul 4, 2013100.590.24−0.24   
Jul 22 to Aug 5, 2013150.580.71−0.24   
Sep 11, 2013 to Jun 25, 20142430.7929.07−0.63  (1) D. cochinchinensis was added to CITES Appendix II at the 16th CITES Conference in 2013. (2) Cambodia imposed a total ban on the trade of D. cochinchinensis in 2013
Apr 12 to Jun 21, 2016710.7110.070.00   
Oct 2 to Nov 16, 2017460.703.33−2.58   
Sum418      
Dalbergia retusaMar 8–14, 201272.26  −1.610.00 
Jun 8–16, 201290.88  −2.221.36 
Jun 21 to Jul 3, 2012131.20  −2.730.47 
Nov 22–27, 201260.720.54−1.36   
Jun 21 to Aug 1, 2013421.558.89−0.82   
Sep 12, 2013 to Oct 29, 20143986.58108.46−13.65  (1) D. retusa was listed in CITES Appendix II at the 16th CITES Conference in 2013. (2) Nicaragua restricted the export of D. retusa since 2014
Nov 16, 2014 to Aug 15, 20152495.58  −33.334.00 
Jan 14 to Mar 7, 2016322.27  −3.36  
Apr 6–25, 2016202.14  −1.851.85 
Dec 4–12, 201891.64  −1.470.00 
Sum785      
Pterocarpus macrocarpusApr 10 to May 19, 2013402.81  −8.000.00 
Sep 17 to Oct 14, 2013285.375.63−0.60   
Oct 23, 2013 to Jan 6, 2014767.7386.05−18.52  (1) Myanmar banned the export of logs in 2014. (2) Laos prohibited timber exporters from purchasing rare timber in the local market in 2014
Mar 11 to Apr 23, 2014441.399.78−2.71   
Jul 8–18, 2015111.73  −3.450.71 
Feb 23 to Mar 15, 2017212.215.71−2.38   
Sep 7–15, 201891.47  −1.410.00 
Sum229      
Dalbergia oliveriJun 24 to Jul 1, 201282.043.23−1.88   
Nov 29, 2013 to May 27, 20141656.2338.67−9.94  The trade of D. cochinchinensis, with the similar woody texture to D. oliveri, has been limited under the CITES restrictions since 2013. This caused the hoarding of D. oliveri as an alternative to D. cochinchinensis
Jan 14 to Mar 7, 2016321.75  −3.540.45 
Apr 8 to May 23, 2016461.94  −7.142.56 
Oct 14–23, 2017104.585.88−0.74   
Nov 14 to Dec 28, 2018453.06  −5.880.45 
Sum306      

Note(s): Bubble length was identified by the BSADF test with 95% critical values obtained from a recursive bootstrap procedure with 1,000 replications. The peak value (largest BSADF statistic during the bubble period) was used to determine the extent of the bubble

Source(s): Table created by authors

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