Empirical Evidence of the Market Price of Risk for Delivery Periods

In this paper, we provide empirical evidence of the market price of risk for delivery periods (MPDP) of electricity swap contracts. The MPDP enables an accurate pricing of such contracts in the presence of the delivery period such that the typical approximations can be avoided. In our empirical stud...

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Main Authors: Annika Kemper, Maren Diane Schmeck
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2025-01-01
Series:Risks
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9091/13/1/7
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Summary:In this paper, we provide empirical evidence of the market price of risk for delivery periods (MPDP) of electricity swap contracts. The MPDP enables an accurate pricing of such contracts in the presence of the delivery period such that the typical approximations can be avoided. In our empirical study, we focus on term-structure effects and identify the resulting MPDP. In presence of the Samuelson effect, we find the most pronounced MPDP close to maturity, while the MPDP disappears proportional to the Samuelson effect far away from maturity. Thus, our theory improves the pricing accuracy close to maturity.
ISSN:2227-9091