93 research outputs found
Systemic risk assessment through high order clustering coefficient
In this article we propose a novel measure of systemic risk in the context of
financial networks. To this aim, we provide a definition of systemic risk which
is based on the structure, developed at different levels, of clustered
neighbours around the nodes of the network. The proposed measure incorporates
the generalized concept of clustering coefficient of order of a node
introduced in Cerqueti et al. (2018). Its properties are also explored in terms
of systemic risk assessment. Empirical experiments on the time-varying global
banking network show the effectiveness of the presented systemic risk measure
and provide insights on how systemic risk has changed over the last years, also
in the light of the recent financial crisis and the subsequent more stringent
regulation for globally systemically important banks.Comment: Submitte
Market Dynamics When Agents Anticipate Correlation Breakdown
The aim of this paper is to analyse the effect introduced in the dynamics of a financial market when agents anticipate the occurrence of a correlation breakdown. What emerges is that correlation breakdowns can act both as a consequence and as a triggering factor in the emergence of financial crises rational bubbles. We propose a market with two kinds of agents: speculators and rational investors. Rational agents use excess demand information to estimate the variance-covariance
structure of assets returns, and their investment decisions are represented as a Markowitz optimal
portfolio allocation. Speculators are uninformed agents and form their expectations by imitative behavior, depending on market excess demand. Several market equilibria result, depending on the prevalence of one of the two types of agents. Differing from previous results in the literature on
the interaction between market dynamics and speculative behavior, rational agents can generate financial crises, even without the speculator contribution
Corporate board network and information flows in the Italian Stock Exchange
EnIn this work we investigate the governance models of listed companies in the Italian Stock Exchange. We use a network approach in order to investigate the interlinks among board of directors. A graph theoretical approach and the vertex centrality measures quantify the role of network and the intensity of the relationships, according to the assumption that the information conveyed by such interconnections could exert some impact on market prices. A weighted graph represent the listed companies (vertices) and their relationships (weighted edges) by using as centrality measure the flow-betweenness. It is expected that this centrality measure may give a representation of the intensity of the relationship between companies, capturing the volume of information flowing from a vertex to another one
Community structure in the World Trade Network based on communicability distances
In this paper, we investigate the mesoscale structure of the World Trade
Network. In this framework, a specific role is assumed by short and long-range
interactions, and hence by the distance, between countries. Therefore, we
identify clusters through a new procedure that exploits Estrada communicability
distance and the vibrational communicability distance, which turn out to be
particularly suitable for catching the inner structure of the economic network.
The proposed methodology aims at finding the distance threshold that maximizes
a specific modularity function defined for general metric spaces. Main
advantages regard the computational efficiency of the procedure as well as the
possibility to inspect intercluster and intracluster properties of the
resulting communities. The numerical analysis highlights peculiar relationships
between countries and provides a rich set of information that can hardly be
achieved within alternative clustering approaches.Comment: 40 pages, 19 figure
Taxonomy of Cohesion Coefficients for Weighted and Directed Multilayer Networks
Clustering and closure coefficients are among the most widely applied
indicators in the description of the topological structure of a network. Many
distinct definitions have been proposed over time, particularly in the case of
weighted networks, where the choice of the weight attributed to the triangles
is a crucial aspect. In the present work, in the framework of weighted directed
multilayer networks, we extend the classical clustering and closure
coefficients through the introduction of the clumping coefficient, which
generalizes them to incomplete triangles of any type. We then organize the
class of these coefficients in a systematic taxonomy in the more general
context of weighted directed multilayer networks. Such cohesion coefficients
have also been adapted to the different scales that characterize a multilayer
network, in order to grasp their structure from different perspectives. We also
show how the tensor formalism allows incorporating the new definitions, as well
as all those existing in the literature, in a single unified writing, in such a
way that a suitable choice of the involved adjacency tensors allows obtaining
each of them. Finally, through some applications to simulated networks, we show
the effectiveness of the proposed coefficients in capturing different
peculiarities of the network structure on different scales
Multi-criteria community detection in International Trade Network
Understanding the community structure has great importance for economic
analysis. Communities are characterized by properties different from those of
both the individual node and the whole network and they affect various
processes on the network. We combine community detection with specific
topological indicators. As a result, a new weighted network is constructed by
the original one, in which weights are determined taking into account all the
topological indicators in a multi-criteria approach. We introduce a new
algorithm to detect communities by solving the NP-hard CP-problem
DNA templated fluorescent gold nanoclusters reduced by Good’s buffer: from blue emitting seeds to red and near infrared emitters
The final published version is available at NRC Research Press via https://doi.org/10.1139/cjc-2014-0600DNA-templated fluorescent gold nanoclusters (AuNCs) have been recently prepared showing higher photostability than the silver counterpart. In this work, we examined the effect of pH, DNA length, DNA sequence, and reducing agent. Citrate, HEPES, and MES produce blue emitters, glucose and NaBH4 cannot produce fluorescent AuNCs, while ascorbate shows blue emission even in the absence of DNA. This is the first report of using Good’s buffer for making fluorescent AuNCs. Dimethylamine borane (DMAB) produces red emitters. Poly-C DNA produces AuNCs only at low pH and each DNA chain can only bind to a few gold atoms, regardless of the DNA length. Otherwise, large nonfluorescent gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) are formed. Each poly-A DNA might template a few independent AuNCs. The blue emitters can be further reduced to form red emitters by adding DMAB. The emission color is mainly determined by the type of reducing agent instead of DNA sequence.University of Waterloo ||
Canadian Foundation for Innovation ||
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council ||
Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation |
Community structure in the World Trade Network based on communicability distances
In this paper, we investigate the mesoscale structure of the World Trade Network. In
this framework, a specific role is assumed by short- and long-range interactions, and
hence by any suitably defined network-based distance between countries. Therefore,
we identify clusters through a new procedure that exploits Estrada communicability
distance and the vibrational communicability distance, which turn out to be particularly
suitable for catching the inner structure of the economic network. The proposed
methodology aims at finding the distance threshold that maximizes a specific quality
function defined for general metric spaces.Main advantages regard the computational
efficiency of the procedure as well as the possibility to inspect intercluster and intracluster
properties of the resulting communities. The numerical analysis highlights
peculiar relationships between countries and provides a rich set of information that
can hardly be achieved within alternative clustering approaches
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