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A Quantitative Study of the Interactions between Oil Price and Renewable Energy Sources Stock Prices

Dominioni, Goran orcid logoORCID: 0000-0002-3795-2617, Romano, Alessandro orcid logoORCID: 0000-0002-2041-5487 and Sotis, Chiara orcid logoORCID: 0000-0001-9367-0932 (2019) A Quantitative Study of the Interactions between Oil Price and Renewable Energy Sources Stock Prices. Energies, 12 (9). p. 1693. ISSN 1996-1073

Abstract
In this article, we apply an integrable nonautonomous Lotka–Volterra model to study the relationship between oil and renewable energy stock prices between 2006 and 2016. The advantage of this innovative approach is that it allows us to study the simultaneous interaction among n stock indices at any point in time. In line with previous studies, we find that the relationship between oil and renewables is characterized by major structural breaks taking place in 2008 and around 2013. The first structural break might be caused by the financial crisis, whereas more studies are required to advance a hypothesis on the causes behind the second structural break. Our main finding is that oil is always in a predator–prey relationship with wind, whereas it proceeds in mutualism with solar after 2012. Moreover, we find that solar and wind proceed in mutualism between 2008 and 2013 but have a rivalrous interaction before (competition) and after (predator–prey) that period. We explore the possible reasons behind these patterns and their policy implications.
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Item Type:Article (Published)
Refereed:Yes
Uncontrolled Keywords:Lotka–Volterra; oil prices; renewable energy
Subjects:Social Sciences > Globalization
Social Sciences > Law
Social Sciences > Political science
Social Sciences > Public administration
DCU Faculties and Centres:DCU Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Science
DCU Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Science > School of Law and Government
Publisher:mdpi
Official URL:https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/12/9/1693
Copyright Information:Authors
ID Code:31653
Deposited On:20 Oct 2025 10:12 by Daniel O Sullivan . Last Modified 20 Oct 2025 10:12
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