Assessing price clustering in European Carbon Markets

Fernando Palao and Angel Pardo

Applied Energy, 2012, vol. 92, issue C, 56 pages

Abstract: The presence of price clustering in markets is taken as a sign of market inefficiency that can influence trading strategies. In this paper, we study the presence of a concentration in prices in carbon futures markets. Specifically, we analyze the European Carbon Futures Markets and test for evidence of preference for certain prices above others. Our results reveal the strong presence of price clustering in the carbon market at prices ending in digits 0 and 5. These findings support the attraction hypothesis, which endorses a significant clustering on gravitational prices, but also backs the negotiation hypothesis, which advocates greater clustering when trading costs are higher.

Keywords: Clustering; Price; EUA; ECX (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2011.10.022

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