Clustering in Dynamic Causal Networks as a Measure of Systemic Risk on the Euro Zone

CES Working Paper 2016.46

30 Pages Posted: 31 Oct 2016 Last revised: 28 Nov 2016

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Monica Billio

University of Venice - Department of Economics; Ca Foscari University of Venice - Dipartimento di Economia

Lorenzo Frattarolo

European Commission-Joint Research Centre

Hayette Gatfaoui

IESEG School of Management (Paris campus); IESEG School of Management and LEM member - UMR 9221; Lille Economy and Management (LEM), UMR 9221

Philippe de Peretti

Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne - Centre d'Economie de la Sorbonne (CES)

Date Written: September 27, 2016

Abstract

In this paper, we analyze the dynamic relationships between ten stock exchanges of the euro zone using Granger causal networks. Using returns for which we allow the variance to follow a Markov-Switching GARCH or a Changing-Point GARCH, we first show that over different periods, the topology of the network is highly unstable. In particular, over very recent years, dynamic relationships vanish. Then, expanding on this idea, we analyze patterns of information transmission. Using rolling windows to analyze the topologies of the network in terms of clustering, we show that the nodes' state changes continually, and that the system exhibits a high degree of flickering in information transmission. During periods of flickering, the system also exhibits desynchronization in the information transmission process. These periods do precede tipping points or phase transitions on the market, especially before the global financial crisis, and can thus be used as early warnings of phase transitions. To our knowledge, this is the first time that flickering clusters are identified on financial markets, and that flickering is related to phase transitions.

Keywords: Causal Network, Topology, Custering, Flickering, Desynchronisation, Phase transitions

JEL Classification: C18, D85, G01

Suggested Citation

Billio, Monica and Billio, Monica and Frattarolo, Lorenzo and Gatfaoui, Hayette and Gatfaoui, Hayette and de Peretti, Philippe, Clustering in Dynamic Causal Networks as a Measure of Systemic Risk on the Euro Zone (September 27, 2016). CES Working Paper 2016.46, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2861266 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2861266

Monica Billio

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