A Time-varying VAR Investigation of the Relationship among Electricity, Fossil Fuel Prices and Exchange Rate in Turkey

Nazif Catik ()

Journal for Economic Forecasting, 2020, issue 3, 60-77

Abstract: This paper investigates the time-varying relationship among electricity, fossil fuel prices and exchange rate in Turkey based on quarterly data for the period 1988Q1 and 2016Q1. The time-varying responses imply that the impact of fossil fuel prices and exchange rate on the electricity prices differs substantially over time. Electricity prices are significantly affected by the change in exchange rate and natural gas and coal prices, though the explanatory power of oil prices in general is found to be minimal and insignificant. The results also indicate that electricity prices have been largely dominated by the fluctuations in the natural gas prices due to the increasing share of natural gas in production of electricity.

Keywords: electricity price; fossil fuel prices; exchange rate; TVP- VAR model; Turkey (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q40 Q41 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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