Despite their importance in pricing futures and other derivative contracts, seasonalvariations in mean and variance of energy prices have not been fully captured inprevious studies of energy prices. We examine the volatility dynamics of daily naturalgas futures traded on the NYMEX via the...

A recent increase in the level and volatility of regional gas prices has followed an extensive discussion on potential returns from short-term LNG trading and potentially fostering integration of geographically sparse regional gas markets. This paper examines the stochastic properties of US...

Using a sample of internet users across the European Union, this chapter investigates the drivers of citizens' online political activities from an integrated resources approach which accounts for the effects of both traditional political participation-related resources and three types of...