We consider a threshold contagion process over networks sampled from a graphon, which we interpret as a stochastic network formation model. We investigate whether the contagion outcome in the sampled networks can be predicted by only exploiting information about the graphon. To do so, we...

In this paper, the direction-of-dependence concept was introduced for analyzing asymmetric properties of stock markets. The simulation results indicated that US major stock markets had the leading of the world stock market before 2008. The situation changed after 2008 where the leading role was...