No contagion, only globalization and flight to quality

Journal of International Money and Finance

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1729-1744

  Brière, Marie ^a,b,c   Chapelle, Ariane ^b   Szafarz, Ariane ^b  

^a Amundi   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DAUPHINE   (France)

Author keywords

Contagion; Correlation; Crisis; Diversification; Flight to quality; Globalization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862005682     PISSN: 02615606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jimonfin.2012.03.010     Document Type: Article

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