We study insolvency cascades in an interbank system when banks are allowed to insure their loans with credit default swaps (CDS) sold by other banks. We show that, by properly shifting financial exposures from one institution to another, a CDS market can be designed to rewire the network of...

This study examines the potential impact of a hypothetical but plausible migration scenario on Austria’s economy and labour market, inspired by Austria’s experience in 2015. Using the agent-based macroeconomic model developed by Poledna et al. (2023), the study explores the detailed labour...