Bardoscia, Marco and Caccioli, Fabio and Perotti, Juan Ignacio and Vivaldo, Gianna and Caldarelli, Guido Distress propagation in complex networks: the case of non-linear DebtRank. arXiv. (2016)
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Abstract
We consider a dynamical model of distress propagation on complex networks, which we apply to the study of financial contagion in networks of banks connected to each other by direct exposures. The model that we consider is an extension of the DebtRank algorithm, recently introduced in the literature. The mechanics of distress propagation is very simple: When a bank suffers a loss, distress propagates to its creditors, who in turn suffer losses, and so on. The original DebtRank assumes that losses are propagated linearly between connected banks. Here we relax this assumption and introduce a one-parameter family of non-linear propagation functions. As a case study, we apply this algorithm to a data-set of 183 European banks, and we study how the stability of the system depends on the non-linearity parameter under different stress-test scenarios. We find that the system is characterized by a transition between a regime where small shocks can be amplified and a regime where shocks do not propagate, and that the overall the stability of the system increases between 2008 and 2013.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) |
| Research Area: | Economics and Institutional Change |
| Depositing User: | Users 70 not found. |
| Date Deposited: | 15 Jun 2016 07:29 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Jun 2016 07:29 |
| URI: | http://eprints.imtlucca.it/id/eprint/3501 |
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