Energy Economics 81 (2019) 1042–1055 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Energy Economics journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/eneeco Information interdependence among energy, cryptocurrency and major commodity markets Qiang Ji a,b,c, Elie Bouri d,⁎, David Roubaud e, Ladislav Kristoufek f a BusinessSchool,ShandongNormalUniversity,Jinan,Shandong,250014,China b InstitutesofScienceandDevelopment,ChineseAcademyofSciences,Beijing100190,China c SchoolofPublicPolicyandManagement,UniversityofChineseAcademyofSciences,Beijing100049,China d HolySpiritUniversityofKaslik,Lebanon e MontpelierBusinessSchool,Montpelier,France f Institute of Economic Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences,