When in Peril, Retrench : Testing the Portfolio Channel of Contagion.

One plausible mechanism through which financial market shocks may propagate across countries is through the effect of past gains and losses on investors' risk aversion. We first present a simple model on how heterogeneous changes in investors' risk aversion affect portfolio decisions and s...

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Erakunde egilea: International Monetary Fund
Formatua: Aldizkaria
Hizkuntza:English
Argitaratua: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2004.
Saila:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2004/131
Sarrera elektronikoa:Full text available on IMF