arXiv · arXiv q-fin · 2015
The topological properties of interbank networks have been discussed widely in the literature mainly because of their relevance for systemic risk. Here we propose to use the Stochastic Block Model to investigate and perform a model selection among several possible two block organizations of the network: these include bipartite, core-periphery, and modular structures. We apply our method to the e-MID interbank market …
Paolo Barucca, Fabrizio Lillo
arXiv · arXiv q-fin · 2020
We propose a new model for the joint evolution of the European inflation rate, the European Central Bank official interest rate and the short-term interest rate, in a stochastic, continuous time setting. We derive the valuation equation for a contingent claim and show that it has a unique solution. The contingent claim payoff may depend on all three economic factors of the model and the discount factor is allowed to …
F. Antonacci, C. Costantini, F. D'Ippoliti, M. Papi
arXiv · arXiv q-fin · 2026
This paper compares different methods for forecasting the term structure of U.S. and European zero-coupon government bonds using both traditional econometric and Machine Learning (ML) approaches. We compare classical models (e.g., Dynamic Nelson-Siegel (DNS) and Principal Component Analysis (PCA)) with different Neural Network (NN) architectures, including those inspired by the classical models, on the U.S. Treasury …
Tobias Lausser, Joao Eduardo Vuolo, Rudi Zagst
arXiv · arXiv q-fin · 2018
We develop a general term structure framework taking stochastic discontinuities explicitly into account. Stochastic discontinuities are a key feature in interest rate markets, as for example the jumps of the term structures in correspondence to monetary policy meetings of the ECB show. We provide a general analysis of multiple curve markets under minimal assumptions in an extended HJM framework and provide a fundamen…
Claudio Fontana, Zorana Grbac, Sandrine Gümbel, Thorsten Schmidt
arXiv · arXiv q-fin · 2025
I show that house prices can be modeled using machine learning (kNN and tree-bagging) and a small dataset composed of macro-economic factors (MEF), including an inflation metric (CPI), US treasury rates (10-yr), Gross Domestic Product (GDP), and portfolio size of central banks (ECB, FED). This set of parameters covers all the parties involved in a transaction (buyer, seller, and financing facility) while ignoring the…
Nicolas Houlié
arXiv · arXiv q-fin · 2024
A growing number of contributions in the literature have identified a puzzle in the European carbon allowance (EUA) market. Specifically, a persistent cost-of-carry spread (C-spread) over the risk-free rate has been observed. We are the first to explain the anomalous C-spread with the credit spread of the corporates involved in the emission trading scheme. We obtain statistical evidence that the C-spread is cointegra…
Michele Azzone, Roberto Baviera, Pietro Manzoni
arXiv · arXiv q-fin · 2026
We construct the Settlement Modernisation Index, a panel dataset of 809 reform events across 24 advanced economies between 1993 and 2024, decomposed into three economic channels and three adoption phases. We document an S-curve in inside money elasticity with two interior turning points at SMI = 0.27 and 0.93, separating a liberation phase, a post-global-financial-crisis compliance valley, and a mature-infrastructure…
Michail Samawi
arXiv · arXiv q-fin · 2025
An important step in the Financial Benchmarks Reform was taken on 13th September 2018, when the ECB Working Group on Euro Risk-Free Rates recommended the Euro Short-Term Rate ESTR as the new benchmark rate for the euro area, to replace the Euro OverNight Index Average (EONIA) which will be discontinued at the end of 2021. This transition has a number of important consequences on financial instruments, OTC derivatives…
Marco Bianchetti, Marco Scaringi
arXiv · arXiv q-fin · 2021
We study the difference between the level of systemic risk that is empirically measured on an interbank network and the risk that can be deduced from the balance sheets composition of the participating banks. Using generalised DebtRank dynamics, we measure observed systemic risk on e-MID network data (augmented by BankFocus information) and compare it with the expected systemic risk of a null model network, obtained …
Alessandro Ferracci, Giulio Cimini
arXiv · arXiv q-fin · 2019
We study the role of co-jumps in the interest rate futures markets. To disentangle continuous part of quadratic covariation from co-jumps, we localize the co-jumps precisely through wavelet coefficients and identify statistically significant ones. Using high frequency data about U.S. and European yield curves we quantify the effect of co-jumps on their correlation structure. Empirical findings reveal much stronger co…
Jozef Barunik, Pavel Fiser
arXiv · arXiv q-fin · 2020
Recent research finds that forecasting electricity prices is very relevant. In many applications, it might be interesting to predict daily electricity prices by using their own lags or renewable energy sources. However, the recent turmoil of energy prices and the Russian-Ukrainian war increased attention in evaluating the relevance of industrial production and the Purchasing Managers' Index output survey in forecasti…
Claudia Foroni, Francesco Ravazzolo, Luca Rossini