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Measuring the Brazilian ethanol and gasoline market efficiency using DFA-Hurst and fractal dimension

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Author(s):
David, S. A. [1] ; Inacio, Jr., C. M. C. [1] ; Quintino, D. D. [2] ; Machado, J. A. T. [3]
Total Authors: 4
Affiliation:
[1] Univ Sao Paulo, Dept Biosyst Engn, BR-13635900 Pirassununga, SP - Brazil
[2] Univ Sao Paulo, Dept Econ Adm & Sociol, BR-13418900 Piracicaba, SP - Brazil
[3] Polytech Porto, Inst Engn, Rua Dr Antonio B Almeida, P-431424901 Porto - Portugal
Total Affiliations: 3
Document type: Journal article
Source: ENERGY ECONOMICS; v. 85, JAN 2020.
Web of Science Citations: 0
Abstract

The ethanol and petroleum represent important energy commodities. Brazil is one of the world's largest producers of ethanol and became one of the ten largest global oil explorers in 2018. This paper proposes the Detrended Fluctuation Analysis (DFA), Hurst exponent (H) and fractal dimension (D) to investigate the dynamic behavior of ethanol and gasoline prices series in Brazil. Furthermore, a new market efficiency measure, namely the Efficiency Index (EI), is also proposed. Some on-going change toward a more efficient market in the follow-up of an institutional political change is analyzed. The data series are obtained from the National Agency of Petroleum and the Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP). Weekly spot prices are used for time windows covering two periods. The first period (P-1) precedes the Brazilian presidential impeachment occurred in 2016 and includes data from January/2011 to December/2015. The second (P-2) addresses the period from July/2016 to July/2018, covering the post-impeachment scenario, with new government policies in the energy sector. The results indicate a subtle path toward market efficiency for the ethanol and a clear moving toward better efficiency for the gasoline market after changes in the fuel policy of Brazil. Moreover, the H and D indices prove to be useful tools for tackling the price dynamics of the fuel market, and to build the new measure EI. (C) 2019 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. (AU)

FAPESP's process: 17/15517-0 - Dynamic behavior in the fractional scope of agricultural commodities price series vis-a-vis ethanol prices
Grantee:Claudio Marcio Cassela Inacio Junior
Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
FAPESP's process: 17/13815-3 - Fractional dynamics of ethanol price series in Brazil
Grantee:Sergio Adriani David
Support Opportunities: Program for Research on Bioenergy (BIOEN) - Regular Program Grants