We propose a new approach to assess systemic financial stability of a banking system using standard tools from modern risk management in combination with a network model of interbank loans. We apply our model to a unique data set of all Austrian banks. We find that correlation in banks' asset...

In a recent paper Matilla-García and Marín (2010) propose a novel test to determine whether the dynamics of a time series are generated by a deterministic or a stochastic process. The results presented in the paper need some clarifications.

In a recent paper López et al. (2010) introduce a new test for spatial independence. The test is a generalization of tests developed in Matilla-García (2007) and Matilla-García and Marín (2008). The results derived need some clarification.