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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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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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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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Oil and product price dynamics in international petroleum markets

Lanza, Alessandro; Manera, Matteo; Giovannini, Massimo - 2003

In this paper we investigate crude oil and products price dynamics. We present a comparison among ten price series of crude oils and fourteen price series of petroleum products, considering four distinct market areas (Mediterranean, North Western Europe, Latin America and North America) over the...

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Forecasting volatility in European stock markets with non-linear GARCH models

Forte, Gianfranco; Manera, Matteo - 2002

This paper investigates the forecasting performance of three popular variants of the non-linear GARCH models, namely VS-GARCH, GJR-GARCH and Q-GARCH, with the symmetric GARCH(1,1) model as a benchmark. The application involves ten European stock price indexes. Forecasts produced by each...

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