15-12 | June 18, 2015 Dynamical Macroprudential Stress Testing Using Network Theory Dror Y. Kenett Sary Levy-Carciente Office of Financial Research and Boston University and Boston University Universidad Central de
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[email protected] The Office of Financial Research (OFR) Working Paper Series allows members of the OFR staff and their coauthors to disseminate preliminary research findings in a format intended to generate discussion and critical comments. Papers in the OFR Working Paper Series are works in progress and subject to revision. Views and opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent official positions or policy of the OFR or Treasury. Comments and suggestions for improvements are welcome and should be directed to the authors. OFR working papers may be quoted without additional permission. Dynamical macroprudential stress testing using network theory Sary Levy-Carcientea,b,∗, Dror Y. Kenetta,c,1,∗, Adam Avakiana, H. Eugene Stanleya, Shlomo Havlind aCenter for Polymer Studies and Department of Physics, Boston University, Boston, USA bFacultad de Ciencias Econ´omicas y Sociales, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela cU.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Financial Research dDepartment of Physics, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel Abstract The increasing frequency and scope of financial crises have made global fi- nancial stability one of the major concerns of economic policy and decision makers. This has led to the understanding that financial and banking su- pervision has to be thought of as a systemic task, focusing on the interde- pendent relations among the institutions.