Contagion Flow Through Banking Networks

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Based on an empirical analysis of the network structure of the Austrian inter-bank market, we study the flow of funds through the banking network following exogenous shocks to the system. These shocks are implemented by stochastic changes in variables like interest rates, exchange rates, etc. We demonstrate that the system is relatively stable in the sence that defaults of individual banks are unlikely to spread over the entire network. We study the contagion impact of all individual banks, meaning the number of banks which are driven into insolvency as a result of a single bank's default. We show that the vertex betweenness of individual banks is linearly related to their contagion impact.
8 pages, 2 figures, contribution to iccs 2004

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Other Condensed Matter, General Finance

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http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/208794

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https://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0403167
 http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0403167

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