01922cas a2200277 a 4500 AALejournalIMF008380 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451850666 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Gonzalez-Hermosillo, Brenda. Unanticipated Shocks and Systemic Influences : The Impact of Contagion in Global Equity Markets in 1998 / Brenda Gonzalez-Hermosillo, Vance Martin, Renee Fry, Mardi Dungey. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2003. 1 online resource (28 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students August to September 1998 has been characterized as one of the worst episodes of global financial distress in decades. This paper investigates the transmission of the Russian and the LTCM crises through global equity markets using a panel of 14 developing and industrial countries. The results show that contagion was systemic during the period, with industrial countries providing the dominant cross-country transmission linkages. Both crises reinforced each other, highlighting the importance of studying them jointly. An implication of the empirical results is that models of contagion that exclude industrial countries are potentially misspecified and may yield misleading outcomes. Mode of access: Internet Dungey, Mardi. Fry, Renee. Martin, Vance. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2003/084 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2003/084/001.2003.issue-084-en.xml IMF e-Library