The Uncertainty Channel of Contagion

The 2007 subprime crisis in the United States has triggered a succession of financial crises around the globe, reigniting interest in the contagion phenomenon. Not all crises, however, are contagious. This paper models a new channel of contagion wh...

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Main Authors: Kannan, Prakash, Kohler-Geib, Fritzi
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: 2012
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spelling okr-10986-41882021-04-23T14:02:16Z The Uncertainty Channel of Contagion Kannan, Prakash Kohler-Geib, Fritzi ABSOLUTE VALUE ADVANCED ECONOMIES ASSET VALUES ASSETS BANKS BOND RATE BOND SPREADS BOND YIELD BORROWING CAPITAL FLOWS CONTRIBUTIONS CONTROL VARIABLES COST OF FUNDS COUNTRY FIXED EFFECTS COUNTRY MARKET COUNTRY RISK COVARIANCE MATRIX CREDIT RATINGS CREDITOR CREDITORS CRISIS COUNTRIES CRISIS COUNTRY CURRENCY CURRENCY CRISES DEBT DEBT DEFAULT DEPENDENT VARIABLE DERIVATIVE DEVALUATION DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DIRECTION OF TRADE DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION DIVERSIFICATION DOMESTIC BOND DOMESTIC MARKET DRIVERS ECONOMIC CRISES ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT ECONOMIC POLICY ECONOMIC RISK ECONOMIC THEORY EFFICIENT MARKETS EMERGING ECONOMIES EMERGING MARKET EMERGING MARKET COUNTRIES EMERGING MARKETS EQUILIBRIUM EQUILIBRIUM PRICE EQUITY FUNDS ERROR TERM EXCESS LIQUIDITY EXCHANGE RATE EXCHANGE RATE MECHANISM EXCHANGE RATES EXPLANATORY VARIABLE EXPLANATORY VARIABLES EXPOSURE FINANCE CORPORATION FINANCIAL CRISES FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL RISK FINANCIAL STABILITY FINANCIAL SUPPORT FINANCIAL VARIABLES FOREIGN INVESTMENT FOREIGN INVESTOR FOREIGN INVESTORS FUND INVESTMENTS GLOBALIZATION GLOBALIZATION OF SECURITIES GOVERNMENT BOND GOVERNMENT BOND YIELD GOVERNMENT BONDS GROUP OF INVESTORS GROWTH RATE HOLDING IMPERFECT INFORMATION INDIVIDUAL INVESTOR INFORMATION ASYMMETRY INFORMATION DISCLOSURE INFORMATION PROCESSING INFORMED INVESTOR INFORMED INVESTORS INTEREST RATE INTEREST RATES INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS INTERNATIONAL FINANCE INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL CONTAGION INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL STATISTICS INTERNATIONAL MONEY INTERNATIONAL PORTFOLIO INTERPOLATION INVESTING INVESTMENT BANK INVESTMENT DECISIONS INVESTMENT PORTFOLIOS INVESTMENT TECHNOLOGY INVESTOR BEHAVIOR INVESTOR UNCERTAINTY LIQUIDITY LONG-TERM INTEREST LONG-TERM INTEREST RATE MACROECONOMIC RISKS MARKET PARTICIPANTS MARKET RETURNS MARKET SIZE MARKET VALUE MONETARY FUND MORTGAGE MORTGAGE MARKET MOTIVATION MUTUAL FUNDS NET ASSET OUTPUT PARTICULAR COUNTRY POLITICAL RISK POLITICAL RISKS PORTFOLIO PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS POVERTY REDUCTION PRIVATE CAPITAL PRIVATE CAPITAL INFLOWS PROBABILITY PURCHASES RANDOM VARIABLES RATE OF RETURN REGIONAL CRISES REGIONAL SHOCK RETURN RISK AVERSION RISK FACTORS RISK-FREE RETURN ROBUSTNESS CHECK SALES SECURITIES SECURITIES MARKETS SECURITY MARKET SOCIAL VALUE SOVEREIGN DEBT SPECULATIVE ATTACKS STANDARD DEVIATION STANDARD DEVIATIONS STOCK MARKET STOCK MARKET INDEX STOCK MARKET INDICES STOCK MARKET VOLATILITY STOCK MARKETS STOCK RETURNS TERMINATION TIME HORIZON TOTAL EXPORTS TRADE SHARE TRADE SHARES TRADE STATISTICS TRANSPARENCY UNINFORMED INVESTOR UNINFORMED INVESTORS WEALTH EFFECTS WORTH The 2007 subprime crisis in the United States has triggered a succession of financial crises around the globe, reigniting interest in the contagion phenomenon. Not all crises, however, are contagious. This paper models a new channel of contagion where the degree of anticipation of crises, through its impact on investor uncertainty, determines the occurrence of contagion. Incidences of surprise crises lead investors to doubt the accuracy of their information-gathering technology, which endogenously increases the probability of crises elsewhere. Anticipated crises, instead, have the opposite effect. Importantly, this channel is empirically shown to have an independent effect beyond other contagion channels. 2012-03-19T19:11:31Z 2012-03-19T19:11:31Z 2009-07-01 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20090716083131 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4188 English Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 4995 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper The World Region
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topic ABSOLUTE VALUE
ADVANCED ECONOMIES
ASSET VALUES
ASSETS
BANKS
BOND RATE
BOND SPREADS
BOND YIELD
BORROWING
CAPITAL FLOWS
CONTRIBUTIONS
CONTROL VARIABLES
COST OF FUNDS
COUNTRY FIXED EFFECTS
COUNTRY MARKET
COUNTRY RISK
COVARIANCE MATRIX
CREDIT RATINGS
CREDITOR
CREDITORS
CRISIS COUNTRIES
CRISIS COUNTRY
CURRENCY
CURRENCY CRISES
DEBT
DEBT DEFAULT
DEPENDENT VARIABLE
DERIVATIVE
DEVALUATION
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DIRECTION OF TRADE
DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION
DIVERSIFICATION
DOMESTIC BOND
DOMESTIC MARKET
DRIVERS
ECONOMIC CRISES
ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT
ECONOMIC POLICY
ECONOMIC RISK
ECONOMIC THEORY
EFFICIENT MARKETS
EMERGING ECONOMIES
EMERGING MARKET
EMERGING MARKET COUNTRIES
EMERGING MARKETS
EQUILIBRIUM
EQUILIBRIUM PRICE
EQUITY FUNDS
ERROR TERM
EXCESS LIQUIDITY
EXCHANGE RATE
EXCHANGE RATE MECHANISM
EXCHANGE RATES
EXPLANATORY VARIABLE
EXPLANATORY VARIABLES
EXPOSURE
FINANCE CORPORATION
FINANCIAL CRISES
FINANCIAL CRISIS
FINANCIAL RISK
FINANCIAL STABILITY
FINANCIAL SUPPORT
FINANCIAL VARIABLES
FOREIGN INVESTMENT
FOREIGN INVESTOR
FOREIGN INVESTORS
FUND INVESTMENTS
GLOBALIZATION
GLOBALIZATION OF SECURITIES
GOVERNMENT BOND
GOVERNMENT BOND YIELD
GOVERNMENT BONDS
GROUP OF INVESTORS
GROWTH RATE
HOLDING
IMPERFECT INFORMATION
INDIVIDUAL INVESTOR
INFORMATION ASYMMETRY
INFORMATION DISCLOSURE
INFORMATION PROCESSING
INFORMED INVESTOR
INFORMED INVESTORS
INTEREST RATE
INTEREST RATES
INTERNATIONAL BANK
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
INTERNATIONAL FINANCE
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL CONTAGION
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL STATISTICS
INTERNATIONAL MONEY
INTERNATIONAL PORTFOLIO
INTERPOLATION
INVESTING
INVESTMENT BANK
INVESTMENT DECISIONS
INVESTMENT PORTFOLIOS
INVESTMENT TECHNOLOGY
INVESTOR BEHAVIOR
INVESTOR UNCERTAINTY
LIQUIDITY
LONG-TERM INTEREST
LONG-TERM INTEREST RATE
MACROECONOMIC RISKS
MARKET PARTICIPANTS
MARKET RETURNS
MARKET SIZE
MARKET VALUE
MONETARY FUND
MORTGAGE
MORTGAGE MARKET
MOTIVATION
MUTUAL FUNDS
NET ASSET
OUTPUT
PARTICULAR COUNTRY
POLITICAL RISK
POLITICAL RISKS
PORTFOLIO
PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS
POVERTY REDUCTION
PRIVATE CAPITAL
PRIVATE CAPITAL INFLOWS
PROBABILITY
PURCHASES
RANDOM VARIABLES
RATE OF RETURN
REGIONAL CRISES
REGIONAL SHOCK
RETURN
RISK AVERSION
RISK FACTORS
RISK-FREE RETURN
ROBUSTNESS CHECK
SALES
SECURITIES
SECURITIES MARKETS
SECURITY MARKET
SOCIAL VALUE
SOVEREIGN DEBT
SPECULATIVE ATTACKS
STANDARD DEVIATION
STANDARD DEVIATIONS
STOCK MARKET
STOCK MARKET INDEX
STOCK MARKET INDICES
STOCK MARKET VOLATILITY
STOCK MARKETS
STOCK RETURNS
TERMINATION
TIME HORIZON
TOTAL EXPORTS
TRADE SHARE
TRADE SHARES
TRADE STATISTICS
TRANSPARENCY
UNINFORMED INVESTOR
UNINFORMED INVESTORS
WEALTH EFFECTS
WORTH
spellingShingle ABSOLUTE VALUE
ADVANCED ECONOMIES
ASSET VALUES
ASSETS
BANKS
BOND RATE
BOND SPREADS
BOND YIELD
BORROWING
CAPITAL FLOWS
CONTRIBUTIONS
CONTROL VARIABLES
COST OF FUNDS
COUNTRY FIXED EFFECTS
COUNTRY MARKET
COUNTRY RISK
COVARIANCE MATRIX
CREDIT RATINGS
CREDITOR
CREDITORS
CRISIS COUNTRIES
CRISIS COUNTRY
CURRENCY
CURRENCY CRISES
DEBT
DEBT DEFAULT
DEPENDENT VARIABLE
DERIVATIVE
DEVALUATION
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DIRECTION OF TRADE
DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION
DIVERSIFICATION
DOMESTIC BOND
DOMESTIC MARKET
DRIVERS
ECONOMIC CRISES
ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT
ECONOMIC POLICY
ECONOMIC RISK
ECONOMIC THEORY
EFFICIENT MARKETS
EMERGING ECONOMIES
EMERGING MARKET
EMERGING MARKET COUNTRIES
EMERGING MARKETS
EQUILIBRIUM
EQUILIBRIUM PRICE
EQUITY FUNDS
ERROR TERM
EXCESS LIQUIDITY
EXCHANGE RATE
EXCHANGE RATE MECHANISM
EXCHANGE RATES
EXPLANATORY VARIABLE
EXPLANATORY VARIABLES
EXPOSURE
FINANCE CORPORATION
FINANCIAL CRISES
FINANCIAL CRISIS
FINANCIAL RISK
FINANCIAL STABILITY
FINANCIAL SUPPORT
FINANCIAL VARIABLES
FOREIGN INVESTMENT
FOREIGN INVESTOR
FOREIGN INVESTORS
FUND INVESTMENTS
GLOBALIZATION
GLOBALIZATION OF SECURITIES
GOVERNMENT BOND
GOVERNMENT BOND YIELD
GOVERNMENT BONDS
GROUP OF INVESTORS
GROWTH RATE
HOLDING
IMPERFECT INFORMATION
INDIVIDUAL INVESTOR
INFORMATION ASYMMETRY
INFORMATION DISCLOSURE
INFORMATION PROCESSING
INFORMED INVESTOR
INFORMED INVESTORS
INTEREST RATE
INTEREST RATES
INTERNATIONAL BANK
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
INTERNATIONAL FINANCE
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL CONTAGION
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL STATISTICS
INTERNATIONAL MONEY
INTERNATIONAL PORTFOLIO
INTERPOLATION
INVESTING
INVESTMENT BANK
INVESTMENT DECISIONS
INVESTMENT PORTFOLIOS
INVESTMENT TECHNOLOGY
INVESTOR BEHAVIOR
INVESTOR UNCERTAINTY
LIQUIDITY
LONG-TERM INTEREST
LONG-TERM INTEREST RATE
MACROECONOMIC RISKS
MARKET PARTICIPANTS
MARKET RETURNS
MARKET SIZE
MARKET VALUE
MONETARY FUND
MORTGAGE
MORTGAGE MARKET
MOTIVATION
MUTUAL FUNDS
NET ASSET
OUTPUT
PARTICULAR COUNTRY
POLITICAL RISK
POLITICAL RISKS
PORTFOLIO
PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS
POVERTY REDUCTION
PRIVATE CAPITAL
PRIVATE CAPITAL INFLOWS
PROBABILITY
PURCHASES
RANDOM VARIABLES
RATE OF RETURN
REGIONAL CRISES
REGIONAL SHOCK
RETURN
RISK AVERSION
RISK FACTORS
RISK-FREE RETURN
ROBUSTNESS CHECK
SALES
SECURITIES
SECURITIES MARKETS
SECURITY MARKET
SOCIAL VALUE
SOVEREIGN DEBT
SPECULATIVE ATTACKS
STANDARD DEVIATION
STANDARD DEVIATIONS
STOCK MARKET
STOCK MARKET INDEX
STOCK MARKET INDICES
STOCK MARKET VOLATILITY
STOCK MARKETS
STOCK RETURNS
TERMINATION
TIME HORIZON
TOTAL EXPORTS
TRADE SHARE
TRADE SHARES
TRADE STATISTICS
TRANSPARENCY
UNINFORMED INVESTOR
UNINFORMED INVESTORS
WEALTH EFFECTS
WORTH
Kannan, Prakash
Kohler-Geib, Fritzi
The Uncertainty Channel of Contagion
geographic_facet The World Region
relation Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 4995
description The 2007 subprime crisis in the United States has triggered a succession of financial crises around the globe, reigniting interest in the contagion phenomenon. Not all crises, however, are contagious. This paper models a new channel of contagion where the degree of anticipation of crises, through its impact on investor uncertainty, determines the occurrence of contagion. Incidences of surprise crises lead investors to doubt the accuracy of their information-gathering technology, which endogenously increases the probability of crises elsewhere. Anticipated crises, instead, have the opposite effect. Importantly, this channel is empirically shown to have an independent effect beyond other contagion channels.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author Kannan, Prakash
Kohler-Geib, Fritzi
author_facet Kannan, Prakash
Kohler-Geib, Fritzi
author_sort Kannan, Prakash
title The Uncertainty Channel of Contagion
title_short The Uncertainty Channel of Contagion
title_full The Uncertainty Channel of Contagion
title_fullStr The Uncertainty Channel of Contagion
title_full_unstemmed The Uncertainty Channel of Contagion
title_sort uncertainty channel of contagion
publishDate 2012
url http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20090716083131
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