“…From the empirical perspectives, there are studies using time series data for a given country (Abhyankar et al 2013;Mollick and Assefa, 2013;Reboredo, 2013;Wang and Chueh, 2013;Tiwari and Sahadudheen, 2015;and Ghosh and Kanjilal, 2016) and studies with cross-national data (Cunado and Perez de Gracia, 2003;Cunado and Perez de Gracia, 2005;Cologni and Manera, 2008;Asteriou and Bashmakova, 2013;Wang et al 2013;Degiannakis et al 2014;and Cunado and de Gracia, 2014). Considering the energy sectors, studies with the theme of oil and stock markets are on the increase (e.g.…”