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Energy Prices and COVID-Immunity: The Case of Crude Oil and Natural Gas Prices in the US and Japan
| Content Provider | MDPI |
|---|---|
| Author | Honorata, Nyga-Łukaszewska Aruga, Kentaka |
| Copyright Year | 2020 |
| Description | The COVID-19 pandemic storm has struck the world economies and energy markets with extreme strength. The goal of our study is to assess how the pandemic has influenced oil and gas prices, using energy market reactions in the United States and Japan. To investigate the impact of the COVID-19 cases on the crude oil and natural gas markets, we applied the Auto-Regressive Distributive Lag (ARDL) approach to the number of the US and Japanese COVID-19 cases and energy prices. Our study period is from 21 January 2020 to 2 June 2020, and uses the latest data available at the time of model calibration and captures the so-called “first pandemic wave.” In the US, the COVID-19 pandemic had a statistically negative impact on the crude oil price while it positively affected the gas price. In Japan, this negative impact was only apparent in the crude oil market with a two-day lag. Possible explanations of the results may include differences in pandemic development in the US and Japan, and the diverse roles both countries have in energy markets. |
| Starting Page | 6300 |
| e-ISSN | 19961073 |
| DOI | 10.3390/en13236300 |
| Journal | Energies |
| Issue Number | 23 |
| Volume Number | 13 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | MDPI |
| Publisher Date | 2020-11-29 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Energies Environmental Studies Covid-19 Crude Oil Natural Gas Ardl Energy Shock |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
