A Dynamical Model with Time Delay for Risk Contagion
The explanation of risk contagion among economic players—not only in financial crises—and how they spread across the world has fascinated scholars and scientists in the last few decades. Inspired by the literature dealing with the analogy between financial systems and ecosystems, we model risk conta...
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| description | The explanation of risk contagion among economic players—not only in financial crises—and how they spread across the world has fascinated scholars and scientists in the last few decades. Inspired by the literature dealing with the analogy between financial systems and ecosystems, we model risk contagion by revisiting the mathematical approach of epidemiological models for infectious disease spread in a new paradigm. We propose a time delay differential system describing risk diffusion among companies inside an economic sector by means of a SIR dynamics. Contagion is modelled in terms of credit and financial risks with low and high levels. A complete theoretical analysis of the problem is carried out: well-posedness and solution positivity are proven. The existence of a risk-free steady state together with an endemic equilibrium is verified. Global asymptotic stability is investigated for both equilibria by the classical Lyapunov functional theory. The model is tested on a case study of some companies operating in the food economic sector in a specific Italian region. The analysis allows for understanding the crucial role of both incubation time and financial immunity period in the asymptotic behaviour of any solution in terms of endemic permanence of risk rather than its disappearance. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5121f1807c8d4203a16f966d3e863faa2023-11-30T23:22:02ZengMDPI AGMathematics2227-73902023-01-0111242510.3390/math11020425A Dynamical Model with Time Delay for Risk ContagionMauro Aliano0Lucianna Cananà1Greta Cestari2Stefania Ragni3Department of Economics and Management, University of Ferrara, 44121 Ferrara, ItalyIonic Department in Legal and Economic Systems of the Mediterranean: Society, Environment, Culture, University of Bari Aldo Moro, 74121 Taranto, ItalyDepartment of Economics and Management, University of Ferrara, 44121 Ferrara, ItalyDepartment of Economics and Management, University of Ferrara, 44121 Ferrara, ItalyThe explanation of risk contagion among economic players—not only in financial crises—and how they spread across the world has fascinated scholars and scientists in the last few decades. Inspired by the literature dealing with the analogy between financial systems and ecosystems, we model risk contagion by revisiting the mathematical approach of epidemiological models for infectious disease spread in a new paradigm. We propose a time delay differential system describing risk diffusion among companies inside an economic sector by means of a SIR dynamics. Contagion is modelled in terms of credit and financial risks with low and high levels. A complete theoretical analysis of the problem is carried out: well-posedness and solution positivity are proven. The existence of a risk-free steady state together with an endemic equilibrium is verified. Global asymptotic stability is investigated for both equilibria by the classical Lyapunov functional theory. The model is tested on a case study of some companies operating in the food economic sector in a specific Italian region. The analysis allows for understanding the crucial role of both incubation time and financial immunity period in the asymptotic behaviour of any solution in terms of endemic permanence of risk rather than its disappearance.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7390/11/2/425financial distressfinancial immunitybankruptcyoutbreakSIR modeldelay differential equation |
| spellingShingle | Mauro Aliano Lucianna Cananà Greta Cestari Stefania Ragni A Dynamical Model with Time Delay for Risk Contagion Mathematics financial distress financial immunity bankruptcy outbreak SIR model delay differential equation |
| title | A Dynamical Model with Time Delay for Risk Contagion |
| title_full | A Dynamical Model with Time Delay for Risk Contagion |
| title_fullStr | A Dynamical Model with Time Delay for Risk Contagion |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Dynamical Model with Time Delay for Risk Contagion |
| title_short | A Dynamical Model with Time Delay for Risk Contagion |
| title_sort | dynamical model with time delay for risk contagion |
| topic | financial distress financial immunity bankruptcy outbreak SIR model delay differential equation |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7390/11/2/425 |
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