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Vanishing Contagion?

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  • Mr. Paolo Mauro
  • Tatiana Didier
  • Mr. Sergio L. Schmukler

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While a number of emerging market crises were characterized by widespread contagion during the 1990s, more recent crises (notably, in Argentina) have been mostly contained within national borders. This has led some observers to wonder whether contagion might have become a feature of the past, with markets now better discriminating between countries with good and bad fundamentals. This paper argues that a prudent working assumption is that contagion has not vanished permanently. Available data do not seem to point to a disappearance of the main channels that contribute to transmitting crises across countries. Moreover, anticipation of the Argentine crisis by international investors may help explain the recent absence of contagion.

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  • Mr. Paolo Mauro & Tatiana Didier & Mr. Sergio L. Schmukler, 2006. "Vanishing Contagion?," IMF Policy Discussion Papers 2006/001, International Monetary Fund.
    • Handle: RePEc:imf:imfpdp:2006/001
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