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Oil volatility and the option value of waiting: An analysis of the G‐7
Authors:Don Bredin  John Elder  Stilianos Fountas
Institution:1. School of Business, University College Dublin, Blackrock, Dublin, Ireland;2. Department of Finance & Real Estate, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado;3. Department of Economics, University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece
Abstract:There has recently been considerable interest in the potential adverse effects associated with excessive uncertainty in energy futures markets. Theoretical models of investment under uncertainty predict that increased uncertainty will tend to induce firms to delay production and investment. These models are widely utilized in capital budgeting and production decisions, particularly in the energy sector. There is relatively little empirical evidence, however, on whether such channels have effects on industrial production. Using a sample of G7 countries we examine whether uncertainty about a prominent commodity—oil—affects the time series variation in industrial production. Our primary result is consistent with the predictions of real options theory—uncertainty about oil prices has had a negative and significant effect on manufacturing activity in Canada, France, UK, and US. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Jrl Fut Mark 31:679–702, 2011
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