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The goodness-of-fit of the fuel-switching price using the mean-reverting Lévy jump process

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  • Julien Chevallier
  • Stéphane Goutte

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This article analyzes the interactions between the electricity and CO2 (carbon) markets. In particular, we describe the dynamics of the fuel-switching price (from coal to gas) when taking into account carbon costs. Several stochastic processes are con

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  • Julien Chevallier & Stéphane Goutte, 2014. "The goodness-of-fit of the fuel-switching price using the mean-reverting Lévy jump process," Working Papers 2014-285, Department of Research, Ipag Business School.
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    Keywords

    CO2; Fuel-Switching; Lévy Jump process; Mean-reversion; Normal Inverse Gaussian; Variance Gamma; Model fit; Heavy tails; Goodness-of-fit testing.;
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    • C15 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Statistical Simulation Methods: General
    • C53 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric Modeling - - - Forecasting and Prediction Models; Simulation Methods
    • Q40 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Energy - - - General

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