Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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11005126 | Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review | 2018 | 16 Pages |
Abstract
This paper examines whether the inclusion of oil price shocks of different origin as exogenous variables in a wide set of GARCH-X models improves the accuracy of their volatility forecasts for spot and 1-year time-charter tanker freight rates. Kilian's (2009) oil price shocks of different origin enter GARCH-X models which, among other stylized facts of the tanker freight rates examined, take into account the presence of asymmetric and long-memory effects. The results reveal that the inclusion of aggregate oil demand and oil-specific (precautionary) demand shocks improves significantly the accuracy of the volatility forecasts drawn.
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Authors
Konstantinos Gavriilidis, Dimos S. Kambouroudis, Katerina Tsakou, Dimitris A. Tsouknidis,