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Political Crises and Risk of Financial Contagion in Developing Countries: Evidence from Africa

Simplice A., Asongu (2011): Political Crises and Risk of Financial Contagion in Developing Countries: Evidence from Africa.

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Abstract

The recent waves of political crises in Africa and the Middle East have inspired the debate over how political instability could pose a risk of financial contagion to emerging countries. With retrospect to the Kenyan political crisis, our findings suggest stock markets in Lebanon, Mauritius and Nigeria were contaminated.

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