Structural interactions of European carbon trading and energy prices

This paper seeks to quantify the mutual interactions of electricity, gas and carbon prices in the UK using a structural, co-integrated vector error-correction model, a methodology introduced by, among others, Pesaran and Shin and Garratt et al. This framework includes both long-run equilibrium relat...

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Published in:The journal of energy markets 2009-12, Vol.2 (4), p.53-69
Main Authors: Fezzi, Carlo, Bunn, Derek W.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Carbon
Carbon dioxide
Coal
Commodity prices
Costs
Econometrics
Electricity
Emissions trading
Energy industry
Energy prices
Gasoline prices
Natural gas prices
Studies
Variables
Windfall profits
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Summary:This paper seeks to quantify the mutual interactions of electricity, gas and carbon prices in the UK using a structural, co-integrated vector error-correction model, a methodology introduced by, among others, Pesaran and Shin and Garratt et al. This framework includes both long-run equilibrium relations and short-run interactions while modeling the prices of these three commodities as jointly endogenous. The model is estimated using data from Phase I of the European Union emission trading scheme. We derive the dynamic pass-through of carbon prices into electricity prices and the response of electricity and carbon prices to shocks in the gas price. While the gas price influences the carbon price, both of them drive the electricity price. Ultimately a 1% increase in the carbon price translated into a 0.32% increase in electricity price in the long run. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
ISSN:1756-3607
1756-3615
DOI:10.21314/JEM.2009.034