This study investigates the pricing of electricity futures at the European Energy Exchange (EEX) over the period 2002 through 2004. To calculate theoretical contract values, the reduced-form models of J. J. Lucia and E. S. Schwartz (2002) are used, and a thorough empirical analysis by means of an out-of-sample test is conducted for both one-and two-factor models, incorporating a constant non-zero price of risk. Although the models are proven to capture all basic spot market characteristics and provide an accurate in-the-sample fit to observed futures prices, the forecasting performance is subject to biases. For instance, it was foundWe are particularly grateful to the editor and an anonymous referee for providing insightful comments and suggestions. We also appreciate helpful discussions with Olaf Korn that the relative mispricing depends on both the spot price level and the remaining time-to-maturity of the futures contracts.
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