Was financial market contagion the source of economic crisis in Asia? Evidence using a multivariate VAR model

Journal of Asian Economics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 133-159

  Khalid, Ahmed M ^a   Kawai, Masahiro ^a  

^a BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asian financial crises; Causality; Contagion; Regional integration; VAR

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037298247     PISSN: 10490078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1049-0078(02)00243-9     Document Type: Article

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