Non-parametric and parametric modeling of biodiesel, sunflower oil, and crude oil price relationships

Energy Economics

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1507-1513

  Hassouneh, Islam ^a   Serra, Teresa ^a   Goodwin, Barry K ^b   Gil, José M ^a  

^a Edifici ESAB   (Spain)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiesel; Local linear regression; Price transmission; Spain

Indexed keywords

CRUDE OIL PRICES; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENERGY PRICES; LOCAL LINEAR REGRESSION; NON-PARAMETRIC; PARAMETRIC ERRORS; PARAMETRIC MODELING; PRICE DYNAMICS; PRICE TRANSMISSION; SPAIN; SUNFLOWER OIL;

BIODIESEL; CRUDE OIL; LINEAR REGRESSION; VEGETABLE OILS;

COSTS;

BIOFUEL; CRUDE OIL; DIESEL; ERROR CORRECTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; PRICE DYNAMICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

SPAIN;

HELIANTHUS;

EID: 84864099670     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2012.06.027     Document Type: Article

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