The IMF Working Papers series is designed to make IMF staff research available to a wide audience. With nearly 300 released each year, working papers cover a wide range of theoretical and analytical topics, including balance of payments, monetary and fiscal issues, global liquidity, and national and international economic developments.
Mardi Dungey, Renee Fry, Vance Martin, and Brenda Gonzalez-Hermosillo
Publisher:
INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Published Date:
May 2004
DOI:
http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781451850130.001
ISBN:
9781451850130
ISSN:
1018-5941
Page:
32
The existing literature suggests a number of alternative methods to test for the presence of contagion during financial market crises. This paper reviews those methods and shows how they are related in a unified framework. A number of extensions are also suggested that allow for multivariate testing, endogeneity issues, and structural breaks.