An Identification-Robust Test for Time-Varying Parameters in the Dynamics of Energy Prices

39 Pages Posted: 7 Mar 2011

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Marie-Claude Beaulieu

Laval University - Centre de recherche en économie et finance appliquée (CRÉFA)

Lynda Khalaf

Carleton University

Maral Kichian

Government of Canada - Bank of Canada

Jean-Marie Dufour

McGill University

Date Written: March 4, 2011

Abstract

We test for the presence of time-varying parameters (TVP) in the long-run dynamics of energy prices for oil, natural gas and coal, within a standard class of mean-reverting models. We also propose residual-based diagnostic tests and examine out-of-sample forecasts. In-sample LR tests support the TVP model for coal and gas but not for oil, though companion diagnostics suggest that the model is too restrictive to conclusively fit the data. Out-of-sample analysis suggests a randomwalk specification for oil price, and TVP models for both real-time forecasting in the case of gas and long-run forecasting in the case of coal.

Keywords: structural change, time-varying parameter, energy prices, coal, gas, crude oil, unidentified nuisance parameter, exact test, Monte Carlo test, Kalman filter, normality test

JEL Classification: C22, C52, C53, Q40

Suggested Citation

Beaulieu, Marie-Claude and Khalaf, Lynda and Kichian, Maral and Dufour, Jean-Marie, An Identification-Robust Test for Time-Varying Parameters in the Dynamics of Energy Prices (March 4, 2011). CIRANO Scientific Publication No. 2011s-22, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1777202 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1777202

Marie-Claude Beaulieu

Laval University - Centre de recherche en économie et finance appliquée (CRÉFA) ( email )

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Lynda Khalaf

Carleton University ( email )

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Canada

Maral Kichian

Government of Canada - Bank of Canada ( email )

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Jean-Marie Dufour (Contact Author)

McGill University ( email )

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