From oil to consumer energy prices: How much asymmetry along the way?

Energy Economics

Volumn 40, Issue , 2013, Pages 468-473

  Venditti, Fabrizio ^a  

^a BANK OF ITALY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Energy; Inflation; Oil prices

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRY; ENERGY; ENERGY PRICES; FORECAST ACCURACY; IMPULSE RESPONSE FUNCTIONS; INFLATION; OIL PRICES; RETAIL PRICE;

ECONOMICS;

COSTS;

ENERGY MARKET; INFLATION; MACROECONOMICS; OIL SUPPLY; PRICE DETERMINATION; PRICE DYNAMICS;

FRANCE; GERMANY; ITALY; SPAIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84883614175     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2013.07.008     Document Type: Article

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