Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/229046 
Year of Publication: 
2020
Series/Report no.: 
ECB Working Paper No. 2432
Publisher: 
European Central Bank (ECB), Frankfurt a. M.
Abstract: 
In this paper, I incorporate a complex network model into a state of the art stochastic general equilibrium framework with an active interbank market. Banks exchange funds one another generating a complex web of interbanking relations. With the tools of network analysis it is possible to study how contagion spreads between banks and what is the probability and size of a cascade (a sequence of defaults) generated by a single initial episode. Those variables are a key component to understand systemic risk and to assess the stability of the banking system. In extreme scenarios, the system may experience a phase transition when the consequences of one single initial shock affect the entire population. I show that the size and probability of a cascade evolve along the business cycle and how they respond to exogenous shocks. Financial shocks have a larger impact on contagion probability than real shocks that, however, are long lasting. Additionally I find that monetary policy faces a trade off between financial stability and macroeconomic stabilization. Government spending shocks, on the contrary, have smaller effects on both.
Subjects: 
Contagion
Network Analysis
DSGE
Interbank Market
Heterogenous Agents
JEL: 
E44
E32
E52
E58
D85
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
ISBN: 
978-92-899-4075-7
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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