Measuring Contagion with a Bayesian Time-Varying Coefficient Model /

We propose using a Bayesian time-varying coefficient model estimated with Markov chain-Monte Carlo methods to measure contagion empirically. The proposed measure works in the joint presence of heteroskedasticity and omitted variables and does not require knowledge of the timing of the crisis. It dis...

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Hovedforfatter: Rebucci, Alessandro
Andre forfattere: Ciccarelli, Matteo
Format: Tidsskrift
Sprog:English
Udgivet: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2003.
Serier:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2003/171
Online adgang:Full text available on IMF