Asymmetric error correction models for the oil-gasoline price relationship

Energy Policy

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 156-177

  Grasso, Margherita ^a   Manera, Matteo ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^c FONDAZIONE ENI ENRICO MATTEI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asymmetries; Error correction models; Oil and gasoline prices

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CRUDE PETROLEUM; GASOLINE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ASYMMETRIC PRICE BEHAVIOR; ERROR CORRECTION MODELS; OIL-GASOLINE PRICE;

ENERGY POLICY;

ENERGY MARKET; OIL INDUSTRY; PRICE DYNAMICS; RETAILING;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; GERMANY; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33750168291     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2005.10.016     Document Type: Article

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