“…Since then a vast amount of studies have been published and the majority of them voice the opinion that oil prices exert a significant impact on economic variables (some influential papers include, inter alia, Baumeister and Peersman, 2012;Lippi and Nobili, 2012;Segal, 2011;Rahman and Serletis, 2011;Tang et al, 2010;Jbir and Zouari-Ghorbel, 2009;Nakov and Pescatori, 2009;Blanchard and Gali, 2007;Hamilton, 2008Hamilton, , 1996Hamilton and Herrera, 2004;Barsky and Kilian, 2004;Jones et al, 2004;Leduc and Sill, 2004;Brown and Yucel, 2002;Hooker, 2002Hooker, , 1996Amano and van Norden, 1998;Bernanke et al, 1997;Rotemberg and Woodford, 1996;Huang et al, 1996;Darrat et al, 1996;Mork et al, 1994;Hutchison, 1993;Mork, 1989;and Burbidge and Harrison, 1984). Despite the fact that the oil literature dates back into the early 80s, the relationship between oil prices and stock markets has received a marked increase in attention by researchers only over the last two decades 1 .…”