Rockets and feathers revisited: An international comparison on European gasoline markets

Energy Economics

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 175-190

  Galeotti, Marzio ^a   Lanza, Alessandro ^b   Manera, Matteo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b ENI S P A   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asymmetric adjustment; Exchange rate; Gasoline prices; Speed of adjustment

Indexed keywords

CRUDE PETROLEUM; ERROR CORRECTION; MARKETING; ROCKETS;

BOOTSTRAPPING;

GASOLINE;

CRUDE OIL; EXCHANGE RATE; GAS INDUSTRY; PRICE DETERMINATION;

EUROPE;

EID: 0037366536     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-9883(02)00102-0     Document Type: Article

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