本研究以一系列計量檢測工具分析探討國際主要指標原油價差趨勢，利用結構轉變點分析方法探索及驗證其價差序列之結構性轉變時點，透過分量單根檢定分析主要指標原油價差在高低分量回到均值(mean-reventing)的能力。期能有效掌握國際主要指標原油價差之變化，以做為石油公司在市場結構丕變之際，在生產、行銷及輸儲規劃上作出妥適因應及機動應變之參考。
本研究分析Brent-WTI、Brent-Dubai與WTI-Dubai三種國際主要指標原油價差之單根檢定與因果關係後，在結構轉變點探討方面，先利用Bai & Perron、Chow檢定、移動式Chow檢定等三種結構性轉變檢定方法，分別對各類原油價差日、週與月資料進行檢測。分析結果顯示，各方法所檢測出的結構性轉變時點具有相當的一致性。之後，再以時間數列離群值偵測方法進行分析，而獲致相似之結果。
另外，本研究也進行分量單根檢定。結果發現，三種原油價差日、週與月資料之高低分量價差，雖區域性或全球化現象呈現情形有所差異，但QKS檢定值在整個資料期間均有共整合現象，表示三種價差雖在部份期間呈現脫勾現象，但整體代表仍會回復均值。其中，Brent-WTI與Brent-Dubai價差均顯示愈低分量，其半衰期愈低，亦即愈穩定；WTI-Dubai價差分析結果則顯示愈高分量，其半衰期愈低，亦即愈穩定。而三種價差中的半衰期以Brent-Dubai最小，亦即相對穩定，其次為Brent-WTI、WTI-Dubai。這些結果隱含上述原油價差結構轉變現象屬暫時性現象。只要資料期間夠長，原油價差終將回復均值。
最後，以月資料的時間變化參數(TVP)檢視WTI原油價格對Brent-WTI價差的影響，發現隨時間的演進，其影響在2010年年底之後呈現明顯變大的情形。將上述月資料的結構轉變時點以虛擬變數方式納入時間數列轉換模式後，比較納入前之MAPE，結果顯示考量結構性轉變有助於配適度之提升。綜述，分析國際主要指標原油價差，運用結構性轉變與分量單根檢定方法了解資料特性，有助於提升預測模型之配適績效與預測準確度。

This study aims to explore and realize the movement and trend of international crude oil benchmark price and their price spreads by using the structural change analysis to detect and examine the structural change point of crude oil price spread, and the quantile unit root test to analyze the mean-reverting trait for higher and lower crude oil price spreads. The analyzed results could provide as a reference for oil companies to properly plan the strategies of production, marketing, and storage and pipeline construction when the structure change occurs in the oil market. In doing so, three international crude oil benchmark price spread, i.e., Brent-WTI, Brent-Dubai, and WTI-Dubai, were examined by using unit root test and Granger causality test. And then, several structural change analysis methods, i.e., Bai & Perron test, Chow test, moving Chow test, and time series outliner detecting analysis, were applied to detect the structural change point for three crude oil price spreads with daily, weekly, and monthly time series data. The analyzed results show that the structural change points detected with different methods are consistent and robust.
In term of quantile unit root test, although the localized or globalized phenomenon for daily, weekly, monthly data of three crude oil price spreads with higher or lower quantiles are different, QKS test statistics indicated the co-integration phenomenon for the whole time series period. This shows that three crude oil price spreads deviate from mean within some time series period but revert to the mean within whole time series period. Among them, Brent-WTI and Brent-Dubai price spreads with lower quantile while WTI-Dubai price spread with higher quantile have lower half-life, that means that more stable characteristics. Else, the half-life of Brent-Dubai price spread are the smallest, while the half-life of Brent-WTI and WTI-Dubai price spreads are larger. Furthermore, time varying parameter (TVP) module was adopted to examine the impact of WTI on Brent-WTI price spread in time series transfer function, the result shows the impact extent of WTI on Brent-WTI price spread are getting larger as time elapses. Moreover, dummy variable represented structural change point of time series was included into model to evaluate the MAPE performance, the result indicated that goodness of fit of the model increased after considering structure change in the model. In summary, this study suggested that the methods of structural change and quantile unit root test should be used to understand the characteristics of time series before analyzing the movement and trend of international crude oil benchmark price. This helps to enhance the goodness of fit and the forecast performance of the forecasting model.

第一章 緒論
第一節 研究動機與目的
第二節 研究流程、步驟與限制
第二章 文獻回顧
第一節 結構轉變文獻回顧
第二節 時間數列離群值偵測文獻回顧
第三節 分量單根檢定文獻回顧
第三章 國際原油市場概況與分析
第一節 國際主要指標原油市場概況
第二節 國際主要指標原油價格與價差走勢分析
第三節 WTI-Brent價差反轉原因探討
第四章 研究方法
第一節 單根檢定與因果檢定
第二節 結構轉變分析
第三節 時間數列之離群值偵測
第四節 分量單根檢定
第五章 實證結果
第一節 國際原油價差之單根檢定與因果檢定
第二節 國際原油價差之結構轉變分析
第三節 國際原油價差之時間數列之離群值偵測
第四節 國際原油價差之分量單根檢定
第五節 國際原油價差之時間數列模式建構與評估
第六節 實證結果彙總
第六章 結論與建議
第一節 結論
第二節 建議
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