Symmetric or asymmetric oil prices? A meta-analysis approach

Energy Policy

Volumn 57, Issue , 2013, Pages 389-397

  Perdiguero García, Jordi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Meta regression analysis; Oil prices; Price asymmetry

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRIC BEHAVIORS; CONTROL VARIABLE; ENERGY ECONOMICS; META-ANALYSIS; META-REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OIL INDUSTRIES; OIL PRICES; PRICE ASYMMETRY;

COMMERCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

COSTS;

COMMODITY PRICE; COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); META-ANALYSIS; OIL INDUSTRY; OIL SUPPLY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84876330055     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2013.02.008     Document Type: Article

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