Exploring the effect of chief executive social media engagement on agricultural commodity prices

    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Benavidez, Justin R. (author), Ribera, Luis A. (author), and Thayer, Anastasia (author)
    Format:
    Paper
    Publication Date:
    2020
    URL:
    https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/304478
    Published:
    International
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 201 Document Number: D11717
    Subject Term:
    conflict, corn, cotton, economics of information, fiber, hogs, international trade, leadership, politics, soybeans, social media, Twitter, tweeting, China, Hong Kong SAR (Eastern Asia), USA (United States of America; North America), Trump, Donald, prices, and information effects
    Notes:
    Paper presented at the 2020 Agricultural and Applied Economics Association Annual Meeting, Kansas City, Missouri, July 26-28, 2020. 20 pages., Authors assessed the impact of tweets by U.S. President Donald Trump on agricultural commodity prices during the trade war with China. Results indicated tht days with high counts of tweets with keywords associated with the 2018-2019 trade war led to statistically significant structural breaks in the price series for hogs, corn, cotton, and soybeans.

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