Contagion in Latin America

Angelo Polydoro
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Angelo Polydoro: EPGE - School of Pos-Graduate Economics

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Abstract: Latin America suffer before each democratic election due to its structural clivage, high social inequity and demands. The objective of this paper is to show that at elections, for some importants countries, the contagion effects increase the correlation of the return series markets.

Keywords: Political Economics; Contagion Methods; Return Series; Electoral Cycles (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C20 N26 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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Date: 2005-03-11
Note: Type of Document - pdf; pages: 13
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