Dynamics of biofuel prices on the European market: Impact of the EU environmental policy on the resources markets

Francis Declerck (), Jean-Pierre Indjehagopian () and Frédéric Lantz ()
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Francis Declerck: ESSEC Research Center, ESSEC Business School, Postal: ESSEC Research Center, BP 105, 95021 Cergy, France
Jean-Pierre Indjehagopian: ESSEC Research Center, ESSEC Business School, Postal: ESSEC Research Center, BP 105, 95021 Cergy, France
Frédéric Lantz: IFP School

No WP2003, ESSEC Working Papers from ESSEC Research Center, ESSEC Business School

Abstract: This paper aims at explaining the major drivers of biodiesel market prices by examining agricultural resource prices and gasoil prices for automotive fuels in the context of the EU environmental policy. The EU policy has enhanced biodiesel production since 2006. Biodiesel prices are impacted by the EU policy as well as rapeseed and oil prices which have fluctuated a lot over the last decade. An econometric analysis was performed using monthly data from November 2006 to January 2016. However, tests for structural breaks show several changes in price behavior. This leads us to estimate a regime-switching model which reveals two main regimes for the biodiesel price pattern. When oil prices are high, biodiesel, rapeseed and diesel oil prices are related, mainly driven by oil prices. When oil prices are low, biodiesel prices are mostly related to rapeseed prices according to EU regulations requiring the blending of biodiesel and gasoil.

Keywords: biofuel; oil market; structural changes; switching regime model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q16 Q41 Q42 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 25 pages
Date: 2020-02-21, Revised 2020-02-21
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