Adriana-Sofia Dumitrescu

Dr. Adriana-Sofia Dumitrescu

Bucharest University of Economic Studies
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Academic Career Length

6Years (2021-Present)

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14 December 2021 in Energies
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VBVlad Cosmin Bulai
Vlad Cosmin Bulai
Alexandra HorobetAlexandra Horobet
Alexandra Horobet
OPOana Cristina Popovici
Oana Cristina Popovici
Lucian BelascuLucian Belascu
Lucian Belascu
ADAdriana-Sofia Dumitrescu
Adriana-Sofia Dumitrescu
The latest European Union measures for combating climate adopted in the “Fit for 55 package” envisage the extension of the Emissions Trading System, the first “cap-and-trade” system in the world created for achieving climate targets, which limits the amount of greenhouse gas emissions by imposing a price on carbon. In this context, our study provides an integrated assessment of carbon price risk exposure of all economic sectors in the European Union Member States, thus supporting decision making in determining the energy transition risk. We propose a novel approach in assessing carbon risk exposure using the Value at Risk methodology to compute the carbon price under the EU ETS, based on historical price simulation for January–August 2021 and ARMA-GARCH models for the October 2012–August 2021 period. We further built a value erosion metric, which allowed us to establish each sector’s exposure to risk and to identify differences between Eastern and Western EU countries. We find that the refining sector appears to be highly vulnerable, whereas there is higher potential for large losses in the energy supply and chemical sectors in Eastern EU Member States, given a different pace of industry restructuring.