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Der Rohölpreis lag infolge des Hurrikans "Katrina" vorübergehend bei über 70 Euro/b (1 barrel = 159 Liter) und damit einmal mehr auf einem neuen Rekordwert. Von den Verwüstungen im Süden der USA sind neben zehntausenden von Menschen auch Ölförderanlagen und Raffinerien betroffen. In der...
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In this paper we analyse to what extent movements in oil prices can help to explain business cycle fluctuations in Germany.We proceed in several steps:As a starting point we use a standard real business cycle model for the German economy and introduce energy as an additional factor in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003005054
Recent oil price shocks have relatively small effects on real economic activity and inflation compared to the experiences of the seventies and the early eighties. In this paper we analyse possible reasons for these phenomena using the example of the German economy. At first, by estimating a...
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In this paper we analyse to what extent movements in oil prices can help to explain business cycle fluctuations in Germany. We proceed in several steps: As a starting point we use a standard real business cycle model for the German economy and introduce energy as an additional factor in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014027648
In this paper we use the frequency domain Granger causality test of Breitung/Candelon (2006) to analyse short and long-run causality between energy prices and prices of food commodities. We find that the oil price Granger causes all the considered food prices. However, when controlling for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013102705
The increasing use of food commodities for biofuel production has substantial impact on prices and quantities of these and other food commodities. It is therefore likely that this trend also intensifies the competition for arable land. However, evidence for this hypothesis is generated by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013090790
In this paper we use the frequency domain Granger causality test of Breitung/Candelon (2006) to analyse short and long-run causality between energy prices and prices of food commodities. We find that the oil price Granger causes all the considered food prices. However, when controlling for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010341671
In this paper we use the frequency domain Granger causality test of Breitung/Candelon (2006) to analyse short- and long-run causality between energy prices and prices of food commodities. We find that the oil price Granger causes all the considered food prices. However, when controlling for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009580087
The increasing use of food commodities for biofuel production has substantial impact on prices and quantities of these and other food commodities. It is therefore likely that this trend also intensifies the competition for arable land. However, evidence for this hypothesis is generated by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009580156