Volatility transmission in energy futures markets
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Todorova, Neda
Soucek, Michael
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Year published
2014
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This study is novel in the application of a multivariate HAR-GARCH model for studying volatility transmission patterns in energy futures markets. In particular, the nature of volatility spillovers between futures on crude oil, natural gas and gas-oil is examined using range-based volatility proxies and splitting volatility in components defined over different time horizons. The results provide evidence that crude oil futures carry significant information for the volatility evolution of other energy futures traded on the ICE and reveal interesting insights in the sources of the documented volatility interrelations. Short-term ...
View more >This study is novel in the application of a multivariate HAR-GARCH model for studying volatility transmission patterns in energy futures markets. In particular, the nature of volatility spillovers between futures on crude oil, natural gas and gas-oil is examined using range-based volatility proxies and splitting volatility in components defined over different time horizons. The results provide evidence that crude oil futures carry significant information for the volatility evolution of other energy futures traded on the ICE and reveal interesting insights in the sources of the documented volatility interrelations. Short-term shocks in Brent oil volatility significantly affect the volatility of gas-oil futures, while the impact of oil and gas-oil on natural gas is driven by the long-term volatility component. Additionally, Brent oil and gas-oil ICE futures volatilities exhibit strong positive dynamic correlation, whereas the remaining pairwise correlation curves are fluctuating around zero.
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View more >This study is novel in the application of a multivariate HAR-GARCH model for studying volatility transmission patterns in energy futures markets. In particular, the nature of volatility spillovers between futures on crude oil, natural gas and gas-oil is examined using range-based volatility proxies and splitting volatility in components defined over different time horizons. The results provide evidence that crude oil futures carry significant information for the volatility evolution of other energy futures traded on the ICE and reveal interesting insights in the sources of the documented volatility interrelations. Short-term shocks in Brent oil volatility significantly affect the volatility of gas-oil futures, while the impact of oil and gas-oil on natural gas is driven by the long-term volatility component. Additionally, Brent oil and gas-oil ICE futures volatilities exhibit strong positive dynamic correlation, whereas the remaining pairwise correlation curves are fluctuating around zero.
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Journal Title
The Journal of Energy Markets
Volume
7
Issue
3
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© 2014 Incisive Media. This is the author-manuscript version of this paper. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal website for access to the definitive, published version.
Subject
Financial Econometrics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Applied Economics