Energy Economics, Finance and Sustainability

A special issue of Journal of Risk and Financial Management (ISSN 1911-8074). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy and Environment: Economics, Finance and Policy".

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College of Business, Technological University Dublin, Dublin 6, D06 F793, Ireland
Interests: energy economics; risk management and hedging; asset pricing; volatility modelling in energy, financial and commodity markets

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School of Accounting and Finance, Technological University Dublin, Dublin 6, D06 F793, Ireland
Interests: labour economics; econometrics and research methods

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Dear Colleagues,

Recent years have seen an increased focus on the interplay between energy economics, finance and sustainability. In exploring these interactions, many papers have put forward ideas that focus on minimising energy usage from traditional sources with an implied mitigation of economic activity. In addition, much work has tended to look upstream from the end user rather than considering the economic, financial and associated social impacts at the point of use from a consumer perspective.

In this Special Issue, we are seeking contributions that can speak to these issues from both global as well as local perspectives. We are particularly interested in papers that give consideration to fundamental underlying economic rationales and profitability, as well as the impact of energy policy changes on individuals and small business.

This SPECIAL ISSUE also welcomes submissions on topics relevant to but not limited to the following areas:

  • The economics of renewables independent of subsidies;
  • Consumer financial products that facilitate energy transition;
  • The impact of energy transition and renewables on energy security;
  • Analysis of carbon markets;
  • Linkages between financial and energy markets;
  • The impact of energy policy changes in vulnerable groups;
  • Definitions and discussion around the issue of energy poverty;
  • Financial innovation and green finance.

Dr. Damien Cassells
Prof. Dr. James M Hanly
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • Energy economics and policy
  • Energy and financial markets
  • Green finance
  • Consumer impact of energy policy changes
  • Energy transition
  • Social impact of green economy
  • Risk mitigation and downside risk
  • Carbon markets

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The Impact of Oil Price Shocks on Oil-Dependent Countries’ Currencies: The Case of Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan
by Katarzyna Czech and Ibrahim Niftiyev
J. Risk Financial Manag. 2021, 14(9), 431; https://doi.org/10.3390/jrfm14090431 - 9 Sep 2021
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The paper aims to assess the relationship between Azerbaijani and Kazakhstani exchange rates and crude oil prices volatility. The study applies the structural vector autoregressive (SVAR) model. The paper concentrates on Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan, the post-Soviet countries considered as some of the most [...] Read more.
The paper aims to assess the relationship between Azerbaijani and Kazakhstani exchange rates and crude oil prices volatility. The study applies the structural vector autoregressive (SVAR) model. The paper concentrates on Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan, the post-Soviet countries considered as some of the most oil-dependent countries in the Caspian Sea region. The impulse response functions suggest that the rise of crude oil prices is associated with the exchange rates decrease and thus with an Azerbaijani manat and Kazakhstani tenge appreciation against the U.S. dollar. Moreover, the results suggest that an oil price increase leads to the rise of Azerbaijani international reserves. However, the results are insignificant for the Kazakhstani foreign exchange reserves. Additionally, the study reveals a negative and significant relationship between crude oil prices and USD/KZT in both pre-crisis and the COVID-19 crisis periods. We reveal that the correlation has been stronger during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the relationship is not significant in the case of the Azerbaijani manat. The USD/AZN exchange rate has been stable since 2017, and the first phase of the COVID-19 pandemic has not caused a change in the exchange rate and a weakening of the Azerbaijani currency, despite significant drops in crude oil prices. Full article
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B2B Networking, Renewable Energy, and Sustainability
by Davood Askarany, Hassan Yazdifar and Kevin Dow
J. Risk Financial Manag. 2021, 14(7), 290; https://doi.org/10.3390/jrfm14070290 - 24 Jun 2021
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While the benefits and advantages of using renewable energies are remarkable, and their prices have been decreasing dramatically and are expected to fall further, the diffusion and adoption of renewable energies still lag fossil energies. This paper improves our understanding regarding the role [...] Read more.
While the benefits and advantages of using renewable energies are remarkable, and their prices have been decreasing dramatically and are expected to fall further, the diffusion and adoption of renewable energies still lag fossil energies. This paper improves our understanding regarding the role of the interrelationship among businesses (as an example of B2B networking amongst parent and subsidiary firms). Furthermore, it demonstrates the way/s that such interrelationships can contribute to the diffusion and adoption of sustainable and energy-efficient technologies. This study describes four diffusion channels in the interrelated firms which can help with promoting and using renewable and sustainable energies. The paper also reports the actual share of each diffusion channel contributing to implementing sustainable energy-efficient technologies in practice. The findings suggest that parent organisations enforce the majority (over 50%) of sustainable and energy-efficient technologies implemented in a B2B environment. In comparison, inter-subsidiary relationships are responsible for less than 30% of the implemented sustainable and energy-efficient technologies in organisations. The findings are in line with the forced perspective theory. They could, to some degree, explain the differences in the levels of implementation of sustainable and energy-efficient technologies in practice. These findings can help practitioners prioritise the diffusion channels when they want to facilitate the implementation of new technologies in their organisations. While some organisations may expect a more successful implementation of innovations initiated by subsidiaries than those enforced by parent organisations, the levels of success of the adoption of sustainable and energy-efficient technologies are not examined in this study. Further research is recommended to investigate the extent of association between different diffusion channels and the levels of success in terms of the adoption of innovation. We did not find similar studies to compare the results, which could be one of the limitations of this study. Full article
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