Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/203293 
Year of Publication: 
2016
Series/Report no.: 
SAFE Working Paper No. 91
Version Description: 
[Date Written: October 1, 2015]
Publisher: 
Goethe University Frankfurt, SAFE - Sustainable Architecture for Finance in Europe, Frankfurt a. M.
Abstract: 
The banking system is highly interconnected and these connections can be conveniently represented as an interbank network. This survey presents a systematic overview of the recent advances in the theoretical literature on interbank networks and assesses our current understanding of the structure of interbank networks, of how network characteristics affect contagion in the banking system and of how banks form connections when faced with the possibility of contagion and systemic risk. In particular, I highlight how the theoretical literature on interbank networks offers a coherent way of studying interconnections, contagion processes and systemic risk, while emphasizing at the same time the challenges that must be addressed before general results on the link between the structure of the interbank network and financial stability can be established. The survey concludes with a discussion of the policy relevance of interbank network models with a special focus on macro-prudential policies and monetary policy.
Subjects: 
Interbank networks
systemic risk
contagion
banking
macro-prudential policy
JEL: 
G21
E44
D85
G18
G01
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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