Maritime Economic Logistics

TABLE 2

FROM:

An Analysis of Bunker Adjustment Factors and Freight Rates in the Europe/Far East Market (2000–2004)

Pierre Cariou and Francois-Charles Wolff

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Table 2. Results of the VAR model for D.BAF and D.ABP

Variables Coefficient t-value Confidence interval (95%)
Equation 1: D.BAFt
 D.BAFt-1-0.212-1.410[-0.507; 0.083]
 D.ABPt-11.475*** 3.360[0.614; 2.336]
 Constant0.0050.520 
Granger causality test (chi 2; prob.)(11.269; 0.000)
R 2 0.171
Equation 2: D.ABPt
 D.ABPt-10.2351.390[-0.095; 0.566]
 D.BAFt-1-0.068-1.180[-0.181; 0.045]
 Constant0.0040.900 
Granger causality test (chi 2; prob.)(1.382; 0.240)
R 2 0.035

 Significance levels are respectively 1% (***), 5% (**) and 10% (*). The size of the sample is 61 observations.

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