Peter Molnar

Dr. Peter Molnar

UiS Business School, University of Stavanger, 4036 Stavanger, Norway
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Academic Career Length

20Years (2007-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 February 2017 in Finance Research Letters
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EEElie ElBouri
Elie ElBouri
PMPeter Molnar
Peter Molnar
GAGeorges Azzi
Georges Azzi
David RoubaudDavid Roubaud
David Roubaud
LHLars Ivar Hagfors
Lars Ivar Hagfors

1 May 2015 in Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money
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MBMorten Brandvold
Morten Brandvold
PMPeter Molnar
Peter Molnar
KVKristian Vagstad
Kristian Vagstad
OVOle Christian Andreas Valstad
Ole Christian Andreas Valstad

1 June 2019 in Finance Research Letters
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HAHalvor Aarhus Aalborg
Halvor Aarhus Aalborg
PMPeter Molnar
Peter Molnar
JVJon Erik de Vries
Jon Erik de Vries

1 October 2014 in Journal of Banking & Finance
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EHErik Haugom
Erik Haugom
HLHenrik Langeland
Henrik Langeland
PMPeter Molnar
Peter Molnar
SWSjur Westgaard
Sjur Westgaard

1 May 2016 in International Review of Financial Analysis
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LBLaurens Bijl
Laurens Bijl
GKGlenn Kringhaug
Glenn Kringhaug
PMPeter Molnar
Peter Molnar
ESEirik Sandvik
Eirik Sandvik

7 March 2017 in Applied Economics
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EEElie ElBouri
Elie ElBouri
NJNaji Jalkh
Naji Jalkh
PMPeter Molnar
Peter Molnar
David RoubaudDavid Roubaud
David Roubaud
We study the relationship between Bitcoin and commodities by assessing the ability of Bitcoin to act as a diversifier, hedge, or safe haven against daily movements in commodities in general, and energy commodities in particular. We focus on energy commodities because energy, in the form of electricity, is an essential input in the Bitcoin production. For the entire period, results show that Bitcoin is a strong hedge and a safe-haven against movements in both commodity indices. We further examine whether that ability is also present for non-energy commodities and our analysis show insignificant results when energy commodities are excluded from the general commodity index. We also account for the December 2013 Bitcoin price crash and our results reveal that Bitcoin hedge and safe-haven properties against commodities and energy commodities are only present in the pre-crash period, whereas in the post-crash period Bitcoin is no more than a diversifier. In addition to uncovering the time-varying role of Bitcoin, we highlight the dissimilarity in the dynamic correlations between the extreme downward and extreme upward movements.