Examining Asymmetric Behavior in US Petroleum Futures and Spot Prices

Bradley T. Ewing, Shawkat M. Hammoudeh and Mark A. Thompson

The Energy Journal, 2006, vol. 27, issue 3, 9-24

Abstract: This paper uses the momentum-threshold autoregressive (M-TAR) model to examine the possible asymmetric relationship between petroleum futures and spot prices for three different markets: crude oil, heating oil, and gasoline in the United States. The results indicate that the futures and spot prices for each petroleum type are cointegrated when allowing for asymmetric adjustment for each of these energy markets. We further investigate the asymmetric behavior between the futures and spot prices by estimating the M-TAR error-correction model. The M-TAR model allows us to document the adjustments that these markets undergo in response to changes in the basis.

Keywords: Oil futures; spot prices; asymmetry; US oil markets; threshold cointegration (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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DOI: 10.5547/ISSN0195-6574-EJ-Vol27-No3-2

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