We examine how industry returns react to various oil shocks developed in Baumeister and Hamilton (2019) and find that oil supply shocks matter as much, if not more, as oil demand and economic activity shocks in driving industry returns. A long-short portfolio that buys (sells) industries...

High oil beta stocks earn higher returns than low oil beta stocks following periods of positive relationship between oil price changes and the aggregate market return, or following periods of favorable aggregate demand shock for industry commodities, and vice versa. When excluding high and low...