Stefano Battiston
Chair of Systems Design, ETH Zurich
KPL F27.2, Kreuzplatz 5
CH-8032 Zurich SWITZERLAND
E-Mail: sbattiston@ethz.ch
Institutional Affiliation: ETH Zurich
NBER Working Papers and Publications
January 2009 | Liaisons Dangereuses: Increasing Connectivity, Risk Sharing, and Systemic Risk
with Domenico Delli Gatti, Mauro Gallegati, Bruce C. Greenwald, Joseph E. Stiglitz: w15611
We characterize the evolution over time of a network of credit relations among financial agents as a system of coupled stochastic processes. Each process describes the dynamics of individual financial robustness, while the coupling results from a network of liabilities among agents. The average level of risk diversification of the agents coincides with the density of links in the network. In addition to a process of diffusion of financial distress, we also consider a discrete process of default cascade, due to the re-evaluation of agents' assets. In this framework we investigate the probability of individual defaults as well as the probability of systemic default as a function of the network density. While it is usually thought that diversification of risk always leads to a more stable fin... Published: Battiston, Stefano & Delli Gatti, Domenico & Gallegati, Mauro & Greenwald, Bruce & Stiglitz, Joseph E., 2012. "Liaisons dangereuses: Increasing connectivity, risk sharing, and systemic risk," Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Elsevier, vol. 36(8), pages 1121-1141. citation courtesy of 
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