As the total value of the global financial market outgrew the value of the real economy,
financial institutions created a global web of interactions that embodies systemic risks …

We provide an overview of the relationship between financial networks and systemic risk.
We present a taxonomy of different types of systemic risk, differentiating between direct …

Financial systemic risk is an important issue in economics and financial systems. Trying to
detect and respond to systemic risk with growing amounts of data produced in financial …

Risk assessment must evolve for addressing the existing and future challenges, and
considering the new systems and innovations that have already arrived in our lives and that …

The recent financial crisis has prompted much new research on the interconnectedness of
the modern financial system and the extent to which it contributes to systemic fragility …

This paper argues that the extent of financial contagion exhibits a form of phase transition:
as long as the magnitude of negative shocks affecting financial institutions are sufficiently …

The objective of this paper is to provide a systematic view on the problem of vulnerability
and risk analysis of critical infrastructures. Reflections are made on the inherent complexities …

We survey the literature on the economic consequences of the structure of social networks.
We develop a taxonomy of “macro” and “micro” characteristics of social-interaction networks …

Abstract Information cascades are important dynamical processes in complex networks. An
information cascade can describe the spreading dynamics of rumour, disease, memes, or …

The past several decades have witnessed an increasing number of natural and manmade
hazards with a dramatic impact on the normal operations of the society. The occurrences of …