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http://dx.doi.org/10.15266/KEREA.2015.24.4.657

A Study on Nonlinear Dynamic Adjustment of Spot Prices of Major Crude Oils  

Park, Haesun (School of Business Administration and Economics, Konkuk University)
Lee, Sangjik (Division of Economics, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies)
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Environmental and Resource Economics Review / v.24, no.4, 2015 , pp. 657-677 More about this Journal
Abstract
We employ a 3 regime-threshold vector error correction models (TVECM) to investigate the nonlinear dynamic adjustments of three marker crude oil prices such as WTI (West Texas Intermediate), Brent and Dubai. Especially we deal with 3 combinations of oil prices including WTI-Brent, WTI-Dubai and Brent-Dubai in order to analyze the dynamic adjustments of the prices based on the effects of the price spreads among these crude oil prices. Our daily spot prices data run from 2001.1.3 to 2014.12.31. We found that each combination is cointegrated over the period. WTI had dropped significantly in 2010 which had affected the movements of the spreads. To accomodate this fact, we divide the period into two sub-periods: 2000.1.3-2009.12.31 and 2010.1.1-2014.12.31. It is found that each combination is cointegrated in both sub-periods. Moroever, in the first sub-period, all three oil prices are shown to follow nonlinear dynamic adjustments. In the second sub-period, however, TVECM is better than VECM(vector error correction model) for WTI-Dubai and Brent-Dubai while VECM performs better for WTI-Brent. The transaction costs are estimated to be reduced for the second sub-period for WTI-Dubai and Brent-Dubai compared to the first sub-period.
Keywords
TVECM; WTI; Brent; Dubai; nonlinear dynamic adjustment;
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