Portfolio Diversification, Leverage, and Financial Contagion /

Models of 'contagion' rely on market imperfections to explain why adverse shocks in one asset market might be associated with asset sales in many unrelated markets. This paper demonstrates that contagion can be explained with basic portfolio theory without recourse to market imperfections....

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Автор: Smith, T.
Інші автори: Schinasi, Garry
Формат: Журнал
Мова:English
Опубліковано: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1999.
Серія:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1999/136
Онлайн доступ:Full text available on IMF