Estimation and Prediction of Financial Contagion through Trade

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This presents a panel estimation model to the contagious effects resulting from financial integration and investigates the channels and conditions under which contagion can be distinguished from interdependence and random shocks. The identification strategy for contagion is pursued by controlling for bilateral trade links among countries. To identify contagion effects in the presence of interdependencies and random shocks the equations for individual countries contain country specific forcing fundamental variables. These variables are applied towards the construction of a time series reflecting the Country Pressure Index. Linear regression and predictive estimation is applied towards understanding the financial linkages of the different countries with their trade partners. Evidence is found that trade is an important determinant of financial markets integration and can sufficiently explain extreme conditions. Several predictive results are drawn to show the trend toward financial globalization and drawing results on sources of contagion for the Southeast Asian and Pacific countries.

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Date created May 2010

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Author Georgoudis, Paris
Primary advisor Harding, Matthew
Degree granting institution Stanford University, Department of Economics

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Subject Stanford Department of Economics
Genre Thesis

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Georgoudis, Paris. (2010). Estimation and Prediction of Financial Contagion through Trade. Stanford Digital Repository. Available at: https://purl.stanford.edu/sv265bx7525

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