Do uncertainties affect biofuel prices?

We investigate the impact of geopolitical risk, U.S. economic policy uncertainty, financial stress, and market volatility on prices of U.S. and Brazilian ethanol and Malaysian palm oil. We use quantile autoregressive and quantile causality methods and provide evidence of ethanol and palm oil prices...

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Main Authors: Ahmed, A. (Author), Dutta, A. (Author), Hernandez, J.A (Author), Uddin, G.S (Author), Wadström, C. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier Ltd 2021
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520 3 |a We investigate the impact of geopolitical risk, U.S. economic policy uncertainty, financial stress, and market volatility on prices of U.S. and Brazilian ethanol and Malaysian palm oil. We use quantile autoregressive and quantile causality methods and provide evidence of ethanol and palm oil prices being asymmetrically influenced in the downside and upside by each of the uncertainty measures considered. Malaysian palm oil prices are more attuned to increases in uncertainty measures. Increases rather than decreases in uncertainty more strongly impact ethanol and palm oil prices. Uncertainty causes large negative price fluctuations in the biofuel commodities, while moderate uncertainty changes only moderately influence prices. Large uncertainty increases cause large or extreme positive changes in ethanol and palm oil prices. Implications of the results are discussed. © 2021 Elsevier Ltd 
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650 0 4 |a biofuel 
650 0 4 |a Biofuels 
650 0 4 |a Biofuels 
650 0 4 |a Brazil 
650 0 4 |a Costs 
650 0 4 |a Economic policies 
650 0 4 |a economic policy 
650 0 4 |a Economic policy uncertainty 
650 0 4 |a Economic policy uncertainty 
650 0 4 |a Economics 
650 0 4 |a energy planning 
650 0 4 |a ethanol 
650 0 4 |a Ethanol 
650 0 4 |a Financial stress 
650 0 4 |a Financial stress 
650 0 4 |a Geopolitical risk 
650 0 4 |a Geopolitical risks 
650 0 4 |a Malaysia 
650 0 4 |a Malaysians 
650 0 4 |a Market volatility 
650 0 4 |a Oil Prices 
650 0 4 |a Palm oil 
650 0 4 |a Planning 
650 0 4 |a price determination 
650 0 4 |a Quantile causality 
650 0 4 |a Quantile causality 
650 0 4 |a Uncertainty 
650 0 4 |a Uncertainty 
650 0 4 |a uncertainty analysis 
650 0 4 |a Uncertainty measures 
650 0 4 |a United States 
650 0 4 |a vegetable oil 
700 1 |a Ahmed, A.  |e author 
700 1 |a Dutta, A.  |e author 
700 1 |a Hernandez, J.A.  |e author 
700 1 |a Uddin, G.S.  |e author 
700 1 |a Wadström, C.  |e author 
773 |t Biomass and Bioenergy