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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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Asymmetric error correction models for the oil-gasoline price relationship

Grasso, Margherita (contributor); Manera, Matteo (contributor) - 2005

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How does stock market volatility react to oil shocks?

Bastianin, Andrea; Manera, Matteo - 2015 - Revised: June 2015

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