fundamentals-based or pure contagion. To do so, we examine the behaviour of EMU sovereign bond yield spreads with respect to the … contagion) and episodes of significantly reduced interconnection (which we associate with immunisation). We then use an ordered … variables proxying market sentiment and of variables proxying macrofundamentals in determining contagion and immunisation …

This paper analyzes sovereign risk contagion in the Eurozone using an extension to the canonical model for contagion … contagion in typically bounded time intervals. Controlling for changes in the risk pricing by investors, we detect several … channels of pure contagion between 2008 and 2012. Further, we find that the bailout-programs for Greece, Ireland and Portugal …

This paper analyzes sovereign risk shift-contagion, i.e. positive and significant changes in the propagation mechanisms … propagation of shocks in euro's bond yield spreads shows almost no presence of shift-contagion. All the increases in correlation …

This paper addresses the following questions. Is there evidence of financial contagion in the Eurozone? To what extent … a country's vulnerability to contagion depends on "fundamentals" as opposed the government's "credibility"? We look at … matter concerning the Euro Zone. Second, differences in vulnerability to contagion within the Eurozone are even more …

plunging stock market in the US, in the aftermath of global financial crisis (2007 - 2009), exerts contagion effects on … terms, and time-varying correlations. The empirical analysis shows a contagion effect for Brazil and Mexico during the early …