Idiosyncrasies in Australian petrol price behaviour: Evidence of seasonalities

Energy Policy

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 243-258

  Mitchell, Jason D ^a   Lian Ong, Li ^b   Izan, H Y ^c  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b C ^*  (China)

^c MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Petrol; Price; Seasonalities

Indexed keywords

COSTS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMICS; MARKETING; RETAIL STORES;

PETROL; PRICE; SEASONALITIES;

PETROLEUM PRODUCTS;

ENERGY USE; PETROLEUM; PRICE DYNAMICS; SEASONALITY;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0342699794     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-4215(00)00005-7     Document Type: Article

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