Addressing COP21 using a stock and oil market integration index

B-Tier
Journal: Energy Policy
Year: 2018
Volume: 116
Issue: C
Pages: 127-136

Score contribution per author:

0.503 = (α=2.01 / 4 authors) × 1.0x B-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

COP21 implementation should lead to a decline in the future demand for fossil fuels. One key implication for investors is how to manage this risk. We construct a monthly stock and oil market integration index and demonstrate that oil investors can offset adverse oil price risk by holding diversified global stock portfolios. The portfolios are formed from eight different combinations of developed and emerging stock markets. We show that measuring the degree of stock-oil market integration is critical to managing the time-varying degrees of integration. Under normal market conditions markets are segmented and this yields the opportunity for oil investors to diversify energy price risk through the purchase of stocks. The optimal oil-stock diversified portfolio provides risk-adjusted positive benefits to investors, with portfolio weights changing over time as COP21 implementation proceeds.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:enepol:v:116:y:2018:i:c:p:127-136
Journal Field
Energy
Author Count
4
Added to Database
2026-01-24