Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/340835 
Title (translated): 
Diesel prices at gas stations have largely decoupled from crude oil prices since the Iran war - linking prices to oil benchmarks could be an option
Authors: 
Year of Publication: 
2026
Series/Report no.: 
CFS Working Paper Series No. 742
Publisher: 
Goethe University Frankfurt, Center for Financial Studies (CFS), Frankfurt a. M.
Abstract (Translated): 
Since the Iran war, fuel prices in Germany have risen sharply. Our analysis shows that diesel prices at gas stations have increased much more than crude oil prices. On average, downstream margins for oil companies rose by 29 euro cents per liter of diesel during the period under review. To ensure that, in times of crisis, only actual changes in crude oil prices are passed on to end consumers, gas station prices could be linked to daily spot prices in Rotterdam or to short-term Brent futures contracts.
Subjects: 
Iran-Krieg
Rohölpreise
Tankstellenpreise für Diesel
Iran war
crude oil prices
gas station prices for diesel
JEL: 
Q40
Q41
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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