Study reveals resilience of Chinese guarantee network during financial crisis and stimulus.
problem Limited knowledge about guarantee network dynamics during financial downturn.
method Analyzed comprehensive bank loan dataset covering 80% of total loans in China.
result Guarantee network became smaller, less connected, and more stable during financial crisis.
Develops a framework to assess systemic risk in the economy using bank-firm network data.
problem Measuring systemic risk in the economy using multilayer network data.
method Unified framework combining techniques to reconstruct multilayer economy structure from bank and firm balance sheets, and dynamics of shock propagation.
result Identifies systemically important firms and banks, and assesses systemic risk determinants.
Modeling liquidity shocks in interbank markets to assess systemic risk.
problem Systemic risk in interbank lending markets due to liquidity shocks.
method Developed an EDB model based on compartment models used in epidemics.
result Interbank networks were highly susceptible to liquidity contagion at the start of the financial crisis.
The study shows that limited liability can make banks more stable by choosing less risky assets.
problem How limited liability affects bank stability and risk management.
method Dynamic portfolio approach with continuous time models, including and excluding limited liability, and using the KMV model to measure resiliency.
result Inclusion of limited liability leads to a bank choosing less risky assets, increasing its resilience.
FinTech negatively impacts Chinese banks' financial sustainability.
problem Impact of FinTech on financial sustainability of Chinese commercial banks.
method Three-stage network DEA-Malmquist model and two-way fixed effects model.
result FinTech primarily undermines financial sustainability by eroding loan efficiency and profitability.
We study insolvency cascades in an interbank system when banks are allowed to insure their loans with credit default swaps (CDS) sold by other banks. We show that, by properly shifting financial exposures from one institution to another, a CDS market can be designed to rewire the network of interbank exposures in a way…
Paper models financial network contagion and quantifies systemic risk.
problem Systemic risk caused by default contagion in financial networks.
method Modelled financial network as directed graph, fitted to empirical data.
result Small shocks can trigger large default cascades in networks without second moment.
The study assesses how financial networks resist simultaneous price shocks and calculates the worst-case loss.
problem Resilience of financial networks to simultaneous price fluctuations and default contagion.
method Introduced a concept of default resilience margin, ε*, and computed worst-case systemic loss through linear programming.
result Threshold value ε* determines the maximum amplitude of asset price fluctuations the network can tolerate.
Model shows how banks' hidden-to-maturity accounting can mask run risk and lead to financial instability.
problem Run risk and hidden-to-maturity accounting in banking systems.
method Balance sheet model and optimization problem to assess run risk and resilience.
result Held-to-maturity accounting can mask revaluation losses and increase run risk.
We consider a model of contagion in financial networks recently introduced in the literature, and we characterize the effect of a few features empirically observed in real networks on the stability of the system. Notably, we consider the effect of heterogeneous degree distributions, heterogeneous balance sheet size and…
Study examines how bank holding structures affect financial stress spread.
problem Financial stress spread in a network of bank holdings and subsidiaries.
method Investigates the spread of contagion in a multilayered banking network with different holding support rules.
result Holding structures can either amplify or mitigate financial stress, depending on network capitalization.
Study models systemic risks in BRICS banks under geopolitical shocks.
problem Systemic risks in BRICS banks under geopolitical shocks.
method Dynamic Time Warping, Temporal Graph Neural Network, Agent-Based Model.
result Geopolitical shocks cause more systemic damage than bank failures.
Model analyzes how heterogeneity in bank and asset distributions affects financial contagion.
problem Effect of power-law distributions on financial contagion stability.
method Modeling financial contagion in a bipartite network with heterogeneous degrees and balance-sheet sizes.
result Power-law degree distributions in banks decrease system stability, while in assets increase it.
Regulator allocates buffers to prevent financial contagion in networks with common assets.
problem Containment of default contagion in financial networks with common asset exposures.
method Allocates nonnegative buffer vectors under linear budget constraints to maximize default or insolvency resilience margins or minimize worst-case systemic losses.
result Exact synthesis results for buffer allocation under ℓ∞ and ℓ1 uncertainty sets, showing significant gains over uniform and exposure-proportional allocations. We propose a new model of the liquidity driven banking system focusing on overnight interbank loans. This significant branch of the interbank market is commonly neglected in the banking system modeling and systemic risk analysis. We construct a model where banks are allowed to use both the interbank and the securities …
Cryptos remained resilient after SVB's collapse, contrary to expectations.
problem Impact of SVB collapse on crypto markets.
method Factual summary, sentiment analysis, and market performance examination.
result Cryptocurrencies showed resilience after SVB's collapse.
This work explores the characteristics of financial contagion in networks whose links distributions approaches a power law, using a model that defines banks balance sheets from information of network connectivity. By varying the parameters for the creation of the network, several interbank networks are built, in which …
Agent-based model shows interbank market's fragility and resilience to crises.
problem Stability of interbank lending market during financial crises.
method Agent-based network model with various pro-cyclical triggers.
result Systemic fragility up to 2008, resilience after 2008, increased crisis speed in 2011.
Central banks play a key role in promoting sustainable finance.
problem Addressing global environmental and social challenges through sustainable finance.
method Analyzes central banks' influence on financial stability, economic growth, and sustainability.
result Central banks can promote sustainable finance through various strategies.
Modeling bank panics and financial crises with contagion channels.
problem Understanding and predicting financial crises and contagion effects.
method Develops a comprehensive model for systemic risk that includes stock-flow consistency and Asset-Liability symmetry.
result Identifies and models the dangerous spillover effects that dominate future financial crises.
This paper presents the first topological analysis of the economic structure of an entire country based on payments data obtained from Swedbank. This data set is exclusive in its kind because around 80% of Estonia's bank transactions are done through Swedbank, hence, the economic structure of the country can be reconst…
We address the problem of banking system resilience by applying off-equilibrium statistical physics to a system of particles, representing the economic agents, modelled according to the theoretical foundation of the current banking regulation, the so called Merton-Vasicek model. Economic agents are attracted to each ot…
ResiliNet improves distributed neural network inference resilience.
problem Physical node failures in distributed neural networks cause performance drops.
method Skip hyperconnection and failout technique.
result ResiliNet provides inference resiliency for distributed neural networks.
An asset network systemic risk (ANWSER) model is presented to investigate the impact of how shadow banks are intermingled in a financial system on the severity of financial contagion. Particularly, the focus of this study is the impact of the following three representative topologies of an interbank loan network betwee…
Improved deep neural network generalization through noise resilience.
problem Understanding and predicting generalization error of deep neural networks.
method Noise resilience measures to predict generalization error.
result Secured 5th position in the PGDL competition at NeurIPS 2020.
Firms' collaboration networks can decline but remain resilient.
problem Resilience of firms' collaboration networks during decline.
method Analysis of 21,500 R&D collaborations over 25 years, simulating drop-out cascades.
result Firms' collaboration networks can adapt to mitigate decline and recover.
Modeling financial contagion through bank networks, revealing solvency correlations.
problem Understanding how financial shocks propagate through interconnected banks.
method Simulated financial network of 100 banks, randomly generated with varying link probabilities, and shocks applied to 15 banks.
result Ranges of probability values and banks' solvency are positively correlated.
Central bank influence in Wikipedia analyzed by largest world banks.
problem Analyzing influence and interactions of world banks in Wikipedia.
method Reduced Google matrix algorithm applied to English Wikipedia network.
result Goldman Sachs identified as central bank in Wikipedia network.
The European sovereign debt crisis has impaired many European banks. The distress on the European banks may transmit worldwide, and result in a large-scale knock-on default of financial institutions. This study presents a computer simulation model to analyze the risk of insolvency of banks and defaults in a bank credit…
New framework boosts neural network performance and resilience.
problem Susceptibility of compact neural network implementations to system disturbances.
method Realistic crossbar simulations and Mosaics framework to re-use synaptic connections.
result Compact neural networks are noise-immune and perform well under disturbances.
This paper uses robust optimization to analyze supply chain resilience.
problem Supply chain resilience analysis of multi-modal logistics networks.
method Robust optimization with budget-of-uncertainty.
result Interactive effects of network size, disruption scale, and degree on resilience.
Bailouts in financial networks are hard to optimize due to NP-hardness.
problem Optimizing bailouts in a network of insolvent banks.
method Modeling bailouts as an optimization problem, proving NP-hardness and inapproximability.
result Banks can strategically alter debt contracts to increase their market value in the event of a bailout.
This study uses high-frequency data to identify early warning signals for bank crises.
problem Identifying early warning signals for impending bank crises.
method Constructing multiple recurrence networks (MRNs) based on high-frequency stock returns to monitor nonlinear dynamics.
result Key indicators of MRNs, particularly average mutual information, provide valuable insights into periods of extreme volatility.
This paper models and evaluates contagion and stabilisation in interconnected financial markets.
problem Understanding and managing contagion and resilience in multilayer financial networks.
method Formulates an interconnected multiplex structure, models contagion mechanism, and designs minimum-cost stabilisation strategies.
result Empirically validated minimum-cost stabilisation strategies for multichannel contagion containment.
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 sy…
New model predicts financial contagion in networks with block structures.
problem Understanding contagion in networks with complex block structures.
method Generalized stochastic block model with varying edge probabilities and exposures.
result Explicit computation of systemic damage and complete resilience characterization.
A methodology for resilience analysis of Capsule Networks under approximation errors.
problem Resilience of Capsule Networks under approximation errors.
method Modeling and analyzing approximation errors in Capsule Networks' inference.
result Capsule Networks are more resilient to errors during dynamic routing than other stages.
Optimal interbank lending scheme with probabilistic bank failure constraints.
problem Optimizing interbank lending in a network of interconnected banks with probabilistic constraints on failure.
method Derive a closed-form solution for an optimal control problem, compute systemic relevance parameters.
result General solution for interbank lending with probabilistic constraints for all banks.
Mitigates faults in DNNs by clipping activation values, improving their resilience.
problem Fault tolerance of DNNs in safety-critical applications.
method Clipping activation functions to reduce impact of faulty weights.
result Significant improvement in classification accuracy (68.92%) for fault mitigation.
In the wake of the still ongoing global financial crisis, bank interdependencies have come into focus in trying to assess linkages among banks and systemic risk. To date, such analysis has largely been based on numerical data. By contrast, this study attempts to gain further insight into bank interconnections by tappin…
We use bank-level balance sheet data from 2005 to 2010 to study interactions within the banking system of five emerging countries: Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, South Africa, and Taiwan. For each country we construct a financial network based on the leverage ratio dependence between each pair of banks, and find results th…
Supply chain resilience depends on balancing competition and self-interest.
problem Maintaining resilience in decentralized supply chains under uncertainty and competition.
method Modeling competitive suppliers and retailers with yield uncertainty and congestion, analyzing network formation.
result Decentralized supply chains can form resilient networks through competition and self-interest, contrary to intuition.
Automated design of resilient, efficient DNNs for hardware.
problem Designing reliable and efficient DNNs for hardware.
method Evolutionary optimization technique for DNN architecture design.
result Strong correlation between predicted and actual error resilience.
HSBC grew from colonial China through wars, surviving unethical practices.
problem Ethical and historical controversies surrounding HSBC's early operations.
method Analyzing HSBC's growth and survival through historical context and legal practices.
result HSBC's resilience and success were partly due to unethical practices like opium trade.
Study uses neural networks to predict credit risk in banks.
problem Credit risk management in commercial banks.
method Backpropagation neural network model.
result Neural network model improves credit risk prediction.
Predictive Q-learning algorithm for IoT networks with human operators.
problem Resilient and predictive actions for IoT networks with faulty components.
method Predictive and resilient Q-learning algorithm considering historical data and human operator feedback.
result Optimal scheduling policies avoiding attacked locations and faults.
This paper investigates two mechanisms of financial contagion that are, firstly, the correlated exposure of banks to the same source of risk, and secondly the direct exposure of banks in the interbank market. It will consider a random network of banks which are connected through the inter-bank market and will discuss t…
Study identifies key firms contributing to systemic risk in Austrian financial network.
problem Identifying systemic risk contributors in small open economies.
method Reconstructed and analyzed the largest financial liability network of Austria, consisting of firms and banks.
result Several medium-sized firms and banks are identified as systemically important, contributing more risk than banks alone.