The Impacts of Oil Price Shocks on Stock Market Volatility: Evidence from the G7 Countries
Date
18.11.2015
18.11.2015
Authors
Andrea Bastianin (University of Milan, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei); Francesca Conti (Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei); Matteo Manera (University of Milan-Bicocca, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei)
JEL Code
C32, C58, E44, Q41, Q43
C32, C58, E44, Q41, Q43
Keywords:
Volatility, Oil Price Shocks, Oil Price, Stock Prices, Structural VAR
Volatility, Oil Price Shocks, Oil Price, Stock Prices, Structural VAR
Publisher
Energy: Resources and Markets
Energy: Resources and Markets
Editor
Matteo Manera
Matteo Manera
We study the effects of crude oil price shocks on the stock market volatility of the G7 economies. We rely on a structural VAR model to identify the causes underlying the oil price shocks and gauge the differential impact that oil supply and oil demand innovations have on financial volatility. We show that stock market volatility does not respond to oil supply shocks. On the contrary, demand shocks impact significantly on the variability of the G7 stock markets.
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Suggested citation: Andrea Bastianin, Francesca Conti, Matteo Manera, The impacts of oil price shocks on stock market volatility: Evidence from the G7 countries, Energy Policy, Volume 98, November 2016, Pages 160-169, ISSN 0301-4215, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2016.08.020