 Mineral prices persistence and the development of a new energy vehicle industry in China: A fractional integration approachGloria Claudio-Quiroga, Luis Gil-Alana and Andoni Maiza-Larrarte Resources Policy, 2023, vol. 82, issue C Abstract: In this paper we examine price persistence in a set of minerals critical for the production of new energy vehicles. We implement techniques based on fractional integration also allowing for non-linearities and structural breaks at unknown periods of time. The results show that the series are generally very persistent, with orders of integration equal to or higher than 1 in practically all cases. The only exceptions being cobalt, tin and zinc if breaks are permitted and only for a given subsample. These findings are extremely relevant to initiate a discussion about the challenges that the new energy vehicle industry faces in China. China's government has already enforced some relevant initiatives to stabilise prices, but we conclude that additional measures will be necessary considering the high degree of uncertainty of certain supply-demand factors. Keywords: Mineral prices; Persistence; New energy vehicle industry; China; Fractional integration (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:jrpoli:v:82:y:2023:i:c:s0301420723001411 DOI: 10.1016/j.resourpol.2023.103433 Access Statistics for this article Resources Policy is currently edited by R. G. Eggert More articles in Resources Policy from Elsevier |
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