Power law distributions of macroscopic observables are ubiquitous in both the natural and social sciences. They are indicative of correlated, cooperative phenomena between groups of interacting agents at the microscopic level. In this paper, we argue that when one is considering aggregate...

The degree of convergence of the business cycles of the economies of the European Union (EU) is a key policy issue. In particular, a substantial degree of convergence is needed if the European Central Bank is to be capable of setting a monetary policy which is appropriate to the stage of the...

Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1 A primer on collateralised debt obligations -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Securitisation and tranching -- 1.3 Credit derivative products -- 1.3.1 Credit default swaps (CDSs) -- 1.3.1.1 Forward...

The impact of climate events on the economic and financial systems is of particular interest as societies navigate the transition towards a net-zero state (dealing with both physical and transition risk). Agent based models are a powerful modelling technique that can be used to model these...