1.   Finally, there is the strong possibility that a contagion effect will operate in this setting.

2.   Beyond these factors, said James Alan Fox, dean of the college of criminal justice at Northeastern University, there appears to be a kind of contagion effect.

3.   Little more than two years later there is now fear of a different kind of contagion effect, this one radiating from the United States.

4.   Separately, he said turbulence in Latin American markets may reflect contagion effects from Asia or home-grown causes.

5.   The contagion effect cannot be quantified.

6.   And quite unexpectedly, the financial crisis here had a contagion effect on regional economies -- notably in Indonesia and South Korea.

7.   As stock prices lost ground, the rupiah remained weak against the U.S. dollar yesterday on a contagion effect of the weakening of regional currencies.

8.   As the contagion effect from the regional economic crisis wreaks havoc in South Korea, Thanong Khanthong and Vatchara Charoonsantikul examine how Thailand is faring amid the continuing turmoil.

9.   As we all know, and this is acknowledged by the world community, the problems have a contagion effect.

10.   But certainly some of the policy conditionalities will have to be loosen to cope with the regional contagion effect of the financial turmoils.