This paper discusses a "pure" form of financial contagion, unrelated to economic fundamentals - investors' shifting appetite for risk. It provides an analytical framework for identifying changes in investors' risk appetite and discusses whether it is possible to directly measure them in a way...

This paper discusses a pure form of financial contagion, unrelated to economic fundamentals - investors' shifting appetite for risk. It provides an analytical framework for identifying changes in investors' risk appetite and discusses whether it is possible to directly measure them in a way that...

This paper offers a new framework for the assessment of financial market liquidity and identifies two types: search liquidity and systemic liquidity. Search liquidity, i.e. liquidity in normal times, is driven by search costs required for a trader to find a willing buyer for an asset he/she is...

This paper discusses a ""pure"" form of financial contagion, unrelated to economic fundamentals - investors'' shifting appetite for risk. It provides an analytical framework for identifying changes in investors'' risk appetite and discusses whether it is possible to directly measure them in a...