Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/224605 
Year of Publication: 
2020
Series/Report no.: 
Beiträge zur Jahrestagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik 2020: Gender Economics
Publisher: 
ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, Kiel, Hamburg
Abstract: 
The topography of China's financial network is unique. Is it also uniquely robust to contagion? We explore this question using network theory. We find that networks that are more concentrated are less fragile when connectivity is low. However, they remain vulnerable to the occurrence of large-scale default cascades at higher levels of connectivity than a decentralized network. We implement Chinese characteristics into our model and simulate it numerically. The simulations show, that the large state-controlled banks act as effective stopgaps for contagion, which makes the Chinese network relatively robust. This robustness persists even when a medium sized bank defaults.
Subjects: 
Interbank Network
Financial Contagion
China's interbank market
Financial market stability
Complex networks
Network topography
JEL: 
E44
Document Type: 
Conference Paper

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