Replication Data for: A Comparison of Price Fluctuations Between Brent Crude Oil and Retail Fuel Prices in Stavanger - An Algorithmic Model for Refuelinghttps://doi.org/10.18710/RPTX0DNes, OlaDataverseNO2021-06-152023-09-28T21:22:31Z<p>This data set is used in the Master's thesis: "A Comparison of Price Fluctuations Between Brent Crude Oil and Retail Fuel Prices in Stavanger - An Algorithmic Model for Refueling" by Ola Nes (2021)</p>
<p>The data set contains the fuel prices collected (Excel and CSV files), and the Python code which contains all functions used in the thesis.</p>
<p>Abstract for thesis:</p>
<p>"This thesis investigates and compares the volatility in the retail fuel market in Stavanger and Brent crude oil. Gasoline and diesel prices have been collected from gas stations in Stavanger in 2020 and 2021, and are used for the thesis’ main goal of developing an algorithmic mathematical model for refueling vehicles at optimal times for consumers that could be used in practice. The collected data suggests that there is higher volatility in the retail fuel market in Stavanger compared to the Brent crude oil market. Gas stations follow a characteristic Edgeworth cycle pattern that have price spikes occur when restarting their price cycles. These occur for the most part at the same time across all gas stations monitored in Stavanger. This pattern can be difficult for consumers to predict. Therefore, a practical refueling algorithm could be useful. There are many factors that go in to such a model to make it efficient such as price spike analysis from the Edgeworth cycle pattern found in retail fuel markets and estimating volatility using GARCH(1,1) method."</p>Mathematical SciencesGasoline and diesel pricesBrent crude oilEfficient market hypothesisStatisticsGARCH(1,1)Algorithmic trading modelsPearson correlationVolatilityEconomical marketsPrice spikesEdgeworth cyclesEnglishNes, O. (2021). En sammenligning av prissvingninger mellom Brent råolje og drivstoffpriser i Stavanger—En algoritmisk modell for tanking [Master thesis, University of Stavanger]. https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2786274, handle, 11250/2786274, https://hdl.handle.net/11250/27862742021-05-20Nes, OlaNielsen, Alex B.2021-06-142020-03-202021-05-202020-03-202021-05-20Observation data<p>USD-NOK exchange rates were downloaded from ExcelRates.com. This data has one price for the exchange rate between USD-NOK per trading day, which is recorded at 04:30 PM Central European Time and comes from the official exchange rates from the European Central Bank. For weekends and holidays, the last trading day exchange rate is used. Data from Excelrates.com are based on the official exchange rates from the European Central Bank (ECB).</p>
<p>Historical daily Brent crude oil prices were downloaded from Macrotrends.net. Macrotrends has one price for Brent crude oil per trading day, which is the closing price for that day.</p>Madla, Tjensvoll, MarieroStavangerRogalandNorwayKarmøyRogalandNorwayRogalandFrakkagjerdNorwayThis dataset may be reused according to the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license as described here: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
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The data from Excelrates.com are based on the official exchange rates from the European Central Bank (ECB). ECB allows free reuse of their data given ECB is cited as the source (CC-BY); see https://www.ecb.europa.eu/services/disclaimer/html/index.en.html.