''WHEN BELGIUM SNEEZES ,THE WORLD CATCHES A COLD'' ΤΟ ΒΕΛΓΙΟ ΠΟΥ..ΒΡΥΧΑΤΑΙ ΜΙΑ ΑΝΑΡΤΗΣΗ ΤΟΥ Ι.Κ.

''..The SIR model, successfully used previously to model the spreading of disease epidemics, is applied to these two networks taking into consideration the strength of links between countries, the size of the crash, and the economic strength of the country in potential danger.

When put to the test with the corporate data, the USA, the UK, France, Germany, Netherlands, Japan, Sweden, Italy, Switzerland, Spain, Belgium and Luxembourg were part of an inner core of countries that would individually cause the most economic damage globally if their economies were to fail..''

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The study..

The theoretical background of E.C.B.