Contagion - Definition by Calomiris

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

In his article on Global Financial Architecture, Charles Calomiris defines "Contagion": Correlations in asset returns are much higher across emerging market countries during crises than at other times, and even government bond yields move together to an unusual degree during financial crises. There are several explanations for this "contagion." One is ...

Global Financial Architecture - Article by Charles W. Calomiris

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

Charles Calomiris article on a New Global Financial Architecture from October 1998 is an interesting document, outlining the criticism of the International Financial Institutions (IFIs). He starts with an interesting claim: Economics normally provides rather dismal news, emphasizing tradeoffs among objectives and hard choices. In the case of redesigning the global financial ...