Forecasting short-run crude oil price using high- and low-inventory variables

Energy Policy

Volumn 34, Issue 17, 2006, Pages 2736-2743

  Ye, Michael ^a   Zyren, John ^b   Shore, Joanne ^b  

^a ST MARY'S COLLEGE OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b Energy Information Administration   (United States)

Author keywords

Forecast; Petroleum; Price

Indexed keywords

COSTS; CURVE FITTING; FORECASTING; INVENTORY CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

COMMODITY PRICES; INVENTORY LEVEL; INVENTORY-PRICE RELATIONSHIP;

CRUDE PETROLEUM;

COMMODITY PRICE; CRUDE OIL; FORECASTING METHOD; PRICE DETERMINATION;

EID: 33747178344     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2005.03.017     Document Type: Article

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