Fred Espen Benth

University of Oslo

Professor

Center of Mathematics for Applications

Oslo, N-0317

Norway

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Scholarly Papers (33)

1.

Pricing Forward Contracts in Power Markets By the Certainty Equivalence Principle: Explaining the Sign of the Market Risk Premium

Journal of Banking and Finance 32, Issue 10, (2008), pp. 2006-2021
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 01 Nov 2006 Last Revised: 11 Mar 2013
Fred Espen Benth, Álvaro Cartea and Ruediger Kiesel
University of Oslo, University of Oxford and University of Duisburg-Essen - Faculty of Economic Science
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Contango, backwardation, market price of risk, electricity forwards, market risk premium, forward risk premium, forward bias

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The CARMA Interest Rate Model

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 30 May 2008 Last Revised: 01 Feb 2013
Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) - Department of Industrial Economics and Technology, University of Oslo, School of Business and Law at the University of Agder and University of Agder - School of Business and Law
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interest rate model, short rate, forward rate, term structure, CARMA process, bond pricing, bond option pricing, yield curve, volatility curve, calibration

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Volatility and Liquidity on High-frequency Electricity Futures Markets: Empirical Analysis and Stochastic Modeling

International Journal of Theoretical and Applied Finance, 23(4):2050027, 2020
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 17 Jun 2019 Last Revised: 03 Aug 2020
University of Duisburg-Essen, University of Oslo, University of Duisburg-Essen and University of Duisburg-Essen - Faculty of Economic Science
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Volatility, Liquidity, Electricity futures, High-frequency prices, Stochastic modeling, Monte Carlo simulation, Time-weighted realized variance

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Pricing and Hedging Asian-Style Options in Energy

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 25 Sep 2013 Last Revised: 27 Sep 2014
Fred Espen Benth and Nils Detering
University of Oslo and Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
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Asian options, energy markets, trading restrictions, quadratic hedging, moment matching

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The Risk Premium and the Esscher Transform in Power Markets

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 17 Nov 2009 Last Revised: 20 Nov 2009
Fred Espen Benth and Carlo Sgarra
University of Oslo and Politecnico di Milano- Dipartimento di Matematica
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Power Market, Derivatives Pricing, Independent Increments Processes, Esscher Transform, Risk Premium

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An Application of Functional Data Analysis to Forecast Weather Variables

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 09 Mar 2021
Gleda Kutrolli and Fred Espen Benth
University of Milano-Bicocca and University of Oslo
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functional data analysis, linear concurrent model, temperature, wind speed, smoothing

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Modelling Energy Spot Prices by Lévy Semistationary Processes

CREATES Research Paper 2010-18
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 03 May 2010
Ole E. Barndorff-Nielsen, Fred Espen Benth and Almut Veraart
University of Aarhus - Thiele Centre, Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Oslo and Imperial College London
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Energy markets, forward price, Lévy semistationary process, stochastic integration, spot price

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Modelling Electricity Forward Markets by Ambit Fields

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 05 Oct 2011
Ole E. Barndorff-Nielsen, Fred Espen Benth and Almut Veraart
University of Aarhus - Thiele Centre, Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Oslo and Imperial College London
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Electricity Markets, Forward Prices, Random Fields, Ambit Fields, Levy Basis, Samuelson Effect, Stochastic Volatility

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Stochastic Modelling of Photovoltaic Power Generation and Electricity Prices

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 07 Mar 2017 Last Revised: 19 Jul 2017
Fred Espen Benth and Noor Ibrahim
University of Oslo and Islamic Science University of Malaysia
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Photovoltaic power generation, stochastic modelling, time series, electricity prices, quanto options

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A Non-Gaussian Ornstein-Uhlenbeck Model for Pricing Wind Power Futures

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 03 Jun 2017
Fred Espen Benth and Anca Pircalabu
University of Oslo and Aalborg University
Downloads 301 (209,058)
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wind power futures, Ornstein-Uhlenbeck process, weather derivatives, market price of risk

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Ambit Processes and Stochastic Partial Differential Equations

CREATES Research Paper 2010-17
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 03 May 2010
Ole E. Barndorff-Nielsen, Fred Espen Benth and Almut Veraart
University of Aarhus - Thiele Centre, Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Oslo and Imperial College London
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Ambit processes, stochastic partial differential equations, Lévy bases, Lévy noise, Walsh theory of martingale measures, turbulence, finance

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Pricing of Forwards and Other Derivatives in Cointegrated Commodity Markets

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 28 Oct 2014
Fred Espen Benth and Steen Koekebakker
University of Oslo and School of Business and Law at the University of Agder
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Cointegration, risk premium, CARMA processes, commodity markets, spot and forward relationship, Heath-Jarrow-Morton modeling

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Electricity Options and Additional Information

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 21 Jul 2012
Richard Biegler-König, Fred Espen Benth and Ruediger Kiesel
STEAG GmbH, University of Oslo and University of Duisburg-Essen - Faculty of Economic Science
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Information premium, Electricity markets, Forwards, Options, Enlargement of Filtrations

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A Regime-Switching Copula Approach to Modeling Day-Ahead Prices in Coupled Electricity Markets (Pre-print)

Working paper
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 07 Feb 2017 Last Revised: 23 Oct 2017
Anca Pircalabu and Fred Espen Benth
Aalborg University and University of Oslo
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Day-Ahead Electricity Prices, Market Coupling, Copula Models, Tail Dependence, Financial Transmission Rights, Tail Quantile Forecasting

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Modeling the Exact Convergence of Electricity Prices in Interconnected Markets

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 11 Jan 2019
Troels Sønderby Christensen and Fred Espen Benth
Aalborg University - Department of Mathematical Sciences and University of Oslo
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Day-Ahead Electricity Prices, Interconnected Markets, Stochastic Modeling, Derivative Pricing

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An Empirical Study of the Information Premium on Electricity Markets

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 21 Jul 2012
Richard Biegler-König, Fred Espen Benth and Ruediger Kiesel
STEAG GmbH, University of Oslo and University of Duisburg-Essen - Faculty of Economic Science
Downloads 178 (348,004)
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Electricity markets, risk premium, information premium,spot-forward relationship, enlargement of filtrations, Gaussian and non-Gaussian Ornstein-Uhlenbeck processes, Hilbert space representation

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Cross-Commodity Modelling by Multivariate Ambit Fields

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 21 Jan 2014
Ole E. Barndorff-Nielsen, Fred Espen Benth and Almut Veraart
University of Aarhus - Thiele Centre, Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Oslo and Imperial College London
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Ambit fields, commodities, forward prices, spread options

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A Multivariate Non-Gaussian Stochastic Volatility Model with Leverage for Energy Markets

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 28 Oct 2009
Linda Vos, Linda Vos and Fred Espen Benth
University of AgderCentre of mathematics for applications (CMA), University of Oslo and University of Oslo
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Energy markets, Ornstein-Uhlenbeck process, Stochastic volatility, Subordinators

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The Implied Risk Aversion from Utility Indifference Option Pricing in a Stochastic Volatility Model

International Journal of Applied Mathematics & Statistics, Vol. 16, No. M10, pp. 11-37, March 2010
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 11 Oct 2009 Last Revised: 25 Nov 2009
Fred Espen Benth, Martin Groth and Carl Lindberg
University of Oslo, University of Oslo and Chalmers University of Technology
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stochastic volatility, utility indifference option pricing, risk aversion, Lévy processes

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Multivariate Continuous-Time Modeling of Wind Indexes and Hedging of Wind Risk

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 31 Dec 2019
University of Oslo, Aalborg University - Department of Mathematical Sciences and Aarhus University
Downloads 171 (360,326)
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multivariate Ornstein-Uhlenbeck process; wind power futures; hedging; risk premium

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A Stochastic Time-Series Model for Solar Irradiation

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 04 Aug 2021
Karl Larsson, Rikard Green and Fred Espen Benth
Örebro University, Energy Quant Solutions Sweden and University of Oslo
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Solar, irradiation, time series, photovoltaic, energy, seasonality, volatility, bimodal, risk

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Optimal Portfolios in Commodity Futures Markets

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 12 Apr 2012
Fred Espen Benth and Jukka Lempa
University of Oslo and University of Turku - Department of Mathematics and Statistics
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futures contract, commodity markets, portfolio optimization, stochastic partial differential equations, finite-dimensional realization, invariant foliation

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Modelling Energy Spot Prices by Volatility Modulated Lévy-Driven Volterra Processes

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 24 Feb 2013
Ole E. Barndorff-Nielsen, Fred Espen Benth and Almut Veraart
University of Aarhus - Thiele Centre, Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Oslo and Imperial College London
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energy markets, forward price, generalised hyperbolic distribution, Lévy semistationary process, volatility modulated Lévy-driven Volterra process, stochastic integration, stochastic volatility, Samuelson effect, spot price

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Dynamic Probabilistic Forecasting with Uncertainty

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 24 Jun 2019
Fred Espen Benth, Gleda Kutrolli and Silvana Stefani
University of Oslo, University of Milano-Bicocca and University of Milano-Bicocca
Downloads 145 (414,074)

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probability density, model uncertainty, risk measure, volatility, option prices

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Hedging Temperature Risk with CDD and HDD Temperature Futures

Number of pages: 14 Posted: 25 Apr 2023
Fred Espen Benth and Jukka Lempa
University of Oslo and University of Turku - Department of Mathematics and Statistics
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temperature risk, dynamic hedging, futures contracts, continuous-time autoregressive processes

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Multivariate Modeling and Analysis of Regional Ocean Freight Rates

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 16 May 2017
Roar Adland, Fred Espen Benth and Steen Koekebakker
NHH Norwegian School of Economics, University of Oslo and School of Business and Law at the University of Agder
Downloads 141 (423,343)
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Freight rates, autoregressive models in continuous time, cointegration, Forward freight agreements

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Optimal Management of Green Certificates in the Swedish-Norwegian Market

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 28 Aug 2014
Fred Espen Benth, Marcus Eriksson and Sjur Westgaard
University of Oslo, University of Oslo and Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) - Department of Industrial Economics and Technology
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Green certificates, Optimal decision rule, Empirical analysis, NIG distribution

28.

Pricing of Asian Temperature Risk

SFB 649 Discussion Paper 2009-046
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 11 Dec 2017
University of Oslo, Blockchain Research Center Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and Humboldt University of Berlin
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Weather Derivatives, Continuous Autoregressive Model, CAT, CDD, HDD, Risk Premium

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Pricing options on flow forwards by neural networks in Hilbert space

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 28 Mar 2022
Fred Espen Benth, Nils Detering and Luca Galimberti
University of Oslo, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf and Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
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flow forwards derivatives, term structure, neural networks

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Emission reduction, Electricity transport, Stochastic models, Renewable energy, Time series analysis

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Pricing and Hedging Quanto Options in Energy Markets

Journal of Energy Markets, 2015
Posted: 22 Aug 2012 Last Revised: 10 Jun 2016
Fred Espen Benth, Nina Lange and Tor Age Myklebust
University of Oslo, Copenhagen Business School and NHH Norwegian School of Economics

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gas markets, quanto options, HDD futures, temperature, energy, derivatives pricing, weather derivatives

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Pricing of Exotic Energy Derivatives Based on Arithmetic Spot Models

International Journal of Theoretical and Applied Finance, Vol. 12, No. 4, pp. 491-506, 2009
Posted: 02 Dec 2009
Fred Espen Benth and Rodwell Kufakunesu
University of Oslo and University of Pretoria - Mathematics and Applied Mathematics Dept.

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Energy markets, spread options, Asian options, fast Fourier transform, non-Gaussian Ornstein–Uhlenbeck processes, independent increment processes

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Utility Indifference Pricing of Interest-Rate Guarantees

International Journal of Theoretical and Applied Finance, Vol. 12, No. 1, pp. 63-82, 2009
Posted: 02 Dec 2009
Fred Espen Benth and Frank Proske
University of Oslo and University of Oslo - Department of Mathematics

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interest-rate guarantees, utility indifference pricing, hedging, arbitrage-free pricing, correlation, risk