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Financial Contagion: the Role of Banks

Robert Kollmann, Frédéric Malherbe

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This paper provides an overview of recent theories of international financial contagion, with a focus on models in which the balance sheet constraints of global banks (and other financial institutions) are the key channel of international transmission.

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This paper provides an overview of recent theories of international financial contagion, with a focus on models in which the balance sheet constraints of global banks (and other financial institutions) are the key channel of international transmission.

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This paper provides an overview of recent theories of international financial contagion, with a focus on models in which the balance sheet constraints of global banks (and other financial institutions) are the key channel of international transmission.

Key concepts: Financial contagion, Balance sheet, International banking, Business, Financial system, Financial crisis, Transmission channel, Finance

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