文摘
China took a unique path to the market-oriented reform of its refined oil pricing mechanism on March 27, 2013. Applies the cross-correlation function (CCF) approach to test the linkages between the international oil market and the Chinese stock market. The causality-in-mean between the two markets strengthened after the reform of March 27, 2013. The causality-in-variance almost disappeared after March 27, 2013.