Riccetti, Luca; Russo, Alberto; Gallegati, Mauro - In: Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control 37 (2013) 8, pp. 1626-1640
In this paper we build on the network-based financial accelerator model of Delli Gatti et al. (2010), modelling the … case of default, we also consider the loss given default rate (LGDR). We find many results: (i) if leverage increases, the … economy is riskier; (ii) a higher leverage pro-cyclicality has a destabilizing effect; (iii) a pro-cyclical leverage weakens …