Crisis transmission channel for 17 East-European countries during the Global Financial Crisis

This paper investigates if the transmission channel of the Global Financial Crisis to 17 Eastern European markets can be directly connected with the US market or one of the three largest European markets. By employing a dummy regression model with a GJR-GARCH and EGARCH frameworks, the results show that Euronext is the main transmission channel for most analyzed markets. Latvia, Russia and Serbia were affected by the London Stock Exchange, while Slovakia showed no contagion. These results show that the crisis's effects and transmission were not identical worldwide. This suggests that measures created to mitigate such crises should be tailored to each market.