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2016 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

The Background: Channels of Contagion in the US Financial Crisis

Authors : Viola Fabbrini, Massimo Guidolin, Manuela Pedio

Published in: Transmission Channels of Financial Shocks to Stock, Bond, and Asset-Backed Markets: An Empirical Model

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK

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In this introductory chapter, we provide the background material that will help a reader to understand the findings presented in the rest of the book. First, we provide a review of the key facts that characterized the onset and the unfolding of the 2007–09 US financial crisis. In addition, we explore different definitions offinancial contagion and discuss the key papers published on the topic because they provide benchmarks to our empirical analysis.

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