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Reverse stress testing interbank networks

Grigat, D; Caccioli, F; (2017) Reverse stress testing interbank networks. Scientific Reports , 7 , Article 15616. 10.1038/s41598-017-14470-1. Green open access

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Abstract

We reverse engineer dynamics of financial contagion to find the scenario of smallest exogenous shock that, should it occur, would lead to a given final systemic loss. This reverse stress test can be used to identify the potential triggers of systemic events, and it removes the arbitrariness in the selection of shock scenarios in stress testing. We consider in particular the case of distress propagation in an interbank market, and we study a network of 44 European banks, which we reconstruct using data collected from banks statements. By looking at the distribution across banks of the size of smallest exogenous shocks we rank banks in terms of their systemic importance, and we show the effectiveness of a policy with capital requirements based on this ranking. We also study the properties of smallest exogenous shocks as a function of the parameters that determine the endogenous amplification of shocks. We find that the size of smallest exogenous shocks reduces and that the distribution across banks becomes more localized as the system becomes more unstable.

Type: Article
Title: Reverse stress testing interbank networks
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-14470-1
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-14470-1
Language: English
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Keywords: Science & Technology, Multidisciplinary Sciences, Science & Technology - Other Topics, SYSTEMIC RISK, OVERLAPPING PORTFOLIOS, FINANCIAL STABILITY, COMPLEX NETWORKS, CONTAGION, MARKET
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Computer Science
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1544795
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