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How is volatility in commodity markets linked to oil price shocks?

Ahmadi, Maryam; Behmiri, Niaz Bashiri; Manera, Matteo - 2015

This study investigates the effects of oil price shocks on volatility of selected agricultural and metal commodities … functions, the response of volatility of each commodity to an oil price shock differs significantly depending on the underlying …

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On the economic determinants of oil production : theoretical analysis and empirical evidence for small exporting countries

Cologni, Alessandro; Manera, Matteo - 2011

In this paper, decisions regarding production in oil exporting countries are studied by means of theoretical analysis and empirical investigation. Under the assumptions of exogenous oil prices and world oil demand, we are able to describe the relationship between oil production levels and...

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STAR-GARCH models for stock market interactions in the Pacific Basin region, Japan and US

Busetti, Giorgio; Manera, Matteo - 2003

, Hong Kong and Taiwan), Japan and US. The originality of the paper is the use of STAR-GARCH models, instead of standard … provide evidence for the leading role of Japan in the period 1988-1990 (pre-Japanese crisis years), whereas our results …

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Statistical and economic evaluation of time series models for forecasting arrivals at call centers

Bastianin, Andrea; Galeotti, Marzio; Manera, Matteo - 2017

Call centers' managers are interested in obtaining accurate forecasts of call arrivals because these are a key input in staffing and scheduling decisions. Therefore their ability to achieve an optimal balance between service quality and operating costs ultimately hinges on forecast accuracy. We...

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Food versus fuel : causality and predictability in distribution

Bastianin, Andrea; Galeotti, Marzio; Manera, Matteo - 2013 - This draft: March 14th 2013

This paper examines the relationship between biofuels and commodity food prices in the U.S. from a new perspective. While a large body of literature has tried to explain the linkages between sample means and volatilities associated with ethanol and agricultural price returns, little is known...

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A weekly structural VAR model of the US crude oil market

Valenti, Daniele; Bastianin, Andrea; Manera, Matteo - 2022

We present a weekly structural Vector Autoregressive (VAR) model of the US crude oil market. Exploiting weekly data we can explain short-run crude oil price dynamics, including those related with the COVID-19 pandemic and with the Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The model is set identified with a...

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Futures price volatility in commodities markets : the role of short term vs long term speculation

Manera, Matteo; Nicolini, Marcella; Vignati, Ilaria - 2013

This paper evaluates how different types of speculation affect the volatility of commodities' futures prices. We adopt …-2010 analyzed at weekly frequency. Using GARCH models we find that speculation significantly affects volatility of returns: short … term speculation has a positive and significant impact on volatility, while long term speculation generally has a negative …

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Returns in commodities futures markets and financial speculation : a multivariate GARCH approach

Manera, Matteo; Nicolini, Marcella; Vignati, Ilaria - 2012

This paper analyses futures prices for four energy commodities (light sweet crude oil, heating oil, gasoline and natural gas) and five agricultural commodities (corn, oats, soybean oil, soybeans and wheat), over the period 1986-2010. Using CCC and DCC multivariate GARCH models, we find that...

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Conditional correlations in the returns on oil companies stock prices and their determinants

Giovannini, Massimo; Grasso, Margherita; Lanza, Alessandro - 2004

The identification of the forces that drive stock returns and the dynamics of their associated volatilities is a major concern in empirical economics and finance. This analysis is particularly relevant for determining optimal hedging strategies based on whether shocks to the volatilities of...

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Forecasting the oil-gasoline price relationship : should we care about the rockets and the feathers?

Bastianin, Andrea; Galeotti, Marzio; Manera, Matteo - 2014

According to the Rockets and Feathers hypothesis (RFH), the transmission mechanism of positive and negative changes in the price of crude oil to the price of gasoline is asymmetric. Although there have been many contributions documenting that downstream prices are more reactive to increases than...

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