Journal of Network Theory in Finance
ISSN:
2055-7795 (print)
2055-7809 (online)
Editor-in-chief: Ron Berndsen
Estimating the contagion effect through the portfolio channel using a network approach
Need to know
- This work studies the contagion risk through the portfolio investment channel using network analysis and a simulation model based on the concept of financial interdependence across economies.
- Networks statistics computed using aggregate bilateral data at country level highlight an elevated concentration of portfolio investments around financial centers, which act as global hubs connecting economies that are not directly linked.
- Our simulation model, under the assumption that international investors rebalance their portfolios after an idiosyncratic shock, suggests that contagion effects may be significant even when the shock originates in a peripheral economy.
Abstract
This work studies contagion risk through the portfolio investment channel using network analysis and simulation on bilateral cross-country data. The importance of the portfolio channel in the transmission of financial shocks reflects the high interconnectedness of the global financial system, which diminished in the aftermath of the global financial crisis but has resumed in recent years. The network representing cross-country portfolio investments turns out to be highly concentrated around the main financial centers, which act as global hubs connecting with nodes that are not linked directly. Using a network simulation model based on the assumption that international investors rebalance their portfolios after an idiosyncratic shock, reducing investments in countries to which they are overexposed, we find that contagion effects may be significant even when the shock originates in a peripheral country. In addition, the model suggests contagion risk has risen since the global financial crisis, owing to the greater financial integration of emerging economies.
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