Extreme Contagion in Equity Markets /

This study uses bivariate extremal dependence measures, based on the number of equity return co-exceedances in two markets, to quantify both negative and positive equity returns contagion in mature and emerging equity markets during the past decade. The results indicate (a) higher contagion for nega...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Yao, James
Other Authors: Chan-Lau, Jorge, Mathieson, Donald
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2002.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2002/098
Online Access:Full text available on IMF