This paper examines the additional lending decision of a creditor to a sovereign debtor in default. The analysis incorporates the prevalence of partial default and the amount of inherited debt in default. We show that an increase in additional lending, L, could increase the probability of...

This study tests for the existence of financial contagion, using a method that allows an incubation period before contagion takes effect. We define contagion as an increase in cross-market linkages following shocks. With daily data on Asian stock markets during the 1997-98 crisis, we find...