Estimation of a Term Structure Model of Carbon Prices through State Space Methods: The European Union Emissions Trading Scheme

Thomas Aspinall; Adrian Gepp; Geoffrey Harris; Simone Kelly; Colette Southam; Bruce J Vanstone

doi:10.1111/acfi.12708

Estimation of a Term Structure Model of Carbon Prices through State Space Methods: The European Union Emissions Trading Scheme

Thomas Aspinall, Adrian Gepp, Geoffrey Harris, Simone Kelly, Colette Southam, Bruce J Vanstone

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This study models the term structure of the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme. The one‐factor geometric Brownian motion model of Abadie and Chamorro is replicated using the data now available and then compared with a two‐factor short‐term/long‐term (STLT) stochastic model. The STLT model has the better statistical fit to the term structure of European Union Allowances (EUAs). A real options analysis of the value of the option to retrofit carbon capture and storage shows that forecasting phase four EUAs with the STLT model almost triples the estimated project net present value and lowers investment trigger prices by approximately 24 percent.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3797-3819
Number of pages	23
Journal	Accounting and Finance
Volume	61
Issue number	2
Early online date	22 Oct 2020
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/acfi.12708
Publication status	Published - Jun 2021

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