Systemic risk and macroeconomic fat tails

We propose a mechanism for shock amplification that potentially can account for fat tails in the distribution of the growth rate of national output. We argue that extreme macroeconomic events, such as the Great Depression and the Great Recession, were preceded by significant turmoil in the banking s...

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Main Authors: Bougheas, Spiros, Harvey, David, Kirman, Alan
Other Authors: Commendatore, Pasquale
Format: Book Section
Language:English
Published: Springer 2018
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/46540/