The Islamic finance industry has grown substantially in Asia over the last 2 decades. The Muslim populations in … different Asian countries, especially in Southeast Asia, are increasing. Rapid Muslim population growth and improving living …, investors from the Middle East and Asia are increasingly seeking to invest in products that are in line with their religious …

of individual bond markets in recent years has been impressive, the threat of financial contagion to emerging Asian bond …

debt crisis, elections in European countries have stronger contagion effects in their own region during a global slowdown …

, was there contagion among and between banks and sovereigns? We find evidence for both. Interestingly, sovereign CDS … spreads appear immune after April 2010. We argue that this might reflect the ECB's efforts to stop contagion during the euro …

We develop an operational model of information contagion and show how it may be integrated into a mainstream, top … quantify this contagion channel in the context of the Bank of Canada's model of the Canadian banking system and a stress …