By selecting a globally representative dataset of airline indices, this study demonstrates that oil price or oil price regimes (delineated by the first gulf war and the 9/11 terror attacks) alone do not have any significant implications for airline stock prices. Overall, these findings are...

Chapter 1: Adi Imsirovic, Historical background to the emergence of benchmarks and Brent in particular -- Chapter 2: Liz Bossley, UK State, BNOC, tax, markets, and Brent; first forward trades, optionality, terms, players -- Chapter 3: Colin Bryce, genesis of Brent trading, people, banks and...