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Contents
  1. Sudden-stop amplification: rank-one feedback and nonidentification
  2. Target and scope
  3. A local system with an explicit relaxed comparator
  4. An exact edge intervention
  5. The relaxed response is not observed from total losses
  6. Remaining gap
  7. Completion Estimate
  8. References

Sudden-stop amplification: rank-one feedback and nonidentification

Target and scope

The target compares a financing contraction with a relaxed-constraint counterfactual, including production and financial spillovers. The source [mprs] already establishes model-specific network amplification. We give an exact local-equilibrium benchmark, an edge intervention formula, and a nonidentification construction. No equality between an observed input share and an equilibrium response derivative is presumed.

A local system with an explicit relaxed comparator

Let $x\in\mathbb R_+^n$ be sectoral output losses at one fixed horizon. The relaxed economy obeys $x^0=z+Ax^0$, where $A\ge0$, $\rho(A)<1$ and $z\ge0$. The direct loss $z$ retains a financing-price or expenditure channel even when collateral constraints are relaxed. In the constrained economy an aggregate collateral loss $v^{\mathsf T}x$ induces additional contractions $u(v^{\mathsf T}x)$, with $u,v\ge0$: \[ x=z+Ax+uv^{\mathsf T}x. \] All coefficients are derivatives of a declared local equilibrium mapping, in consistent loss units; they need not equal raw production input shares. For nonnegative aggregation weights $w$, write $R=(I-A)^{-1}$ and assume $w^{\mathsf T}Rz>0$. Put $\theta=v^{\mathsf T}Ru$.
Theorem (Feedback threshold and amplification): If $\theta<1$, then $\rho(A+uv^{\mathsf T})<1$ and \[ x=Rz+{Ru\,v^{\mathsf T}Rz\over1-\theta},\qquad \Gamma={w^{\mathsf T}x\over w^{\mathsf T}x^0} =1+{(w^{\mathsf T}Ru)(v^{\mathsf T}Rz) \over(1-\theta)w^{\mathsf T}Rz}\ge1. \tag{1} \] If $\theta\ge1$ and $v^{\mathsf T}Rz>0$, no finite nonnegative loss vector solves the constrained equation.
Proof: The Neumann series gives $R\ge0$. Multiplying the equilibrium equation by $R$ yields $x=Rz+Ru(v^{\mathsf T}x)$; multiplying by $v^{\mathsf T}$ gives $(1-\theta)v^{\mathsf T}x=v^{\mathsf T}Rz$. This proves the formula when $\theta<1$, and the impossibility assertion when $\theta\ge1$. To prove stability, the same calculation gives $(I-A-uv^{\mathsf T})^{-1}=R+Ru v^{\mathsf T}R/(1-\theta)\ge0$. Let $y$ be this inverse applied to the all-ones vector. Then $y\ge R\mathbf1 \ge\mathbf1$ and $(A+uv^{\mathsf T})y=y-\mathbf1$. In the weighted sup norm with weights $y_i$, the nonnegative matrix's operator norm is at most $\max_i(1-1/y_i)<1$. Hence its spectral radius is below one. Formula (1) and its sign follow by aggregation. ∎

This threshold is a local linear-system condition, not a global crisis threshold after bankruptcies or production substitution alter coefficients. If the relaxed shock response is zero, the ratio is undefined. The same formula without division still supplies the loss difference $w^{\mathsf T}Ru\,v^{\mathsf T}Rz/(1-\theta)$.

An exact edge intervention

For any nonnegative stable response matrix $B$, let $Q=(I-B)^{-1}$. Increase edge $(i,j)$ by $\delta\ge0$, and suppose $\delta Q_{ji}<1$. The edge may represent a financing or production-response link; its meaning must be fixed before interpreting the intervention.
Proposition: The perturbed matrix is stable and its aggregate-loss increase is \[ w^{\mathsf T}\{(I-B-\delta e_ie_j^{\mathsf T})^{-1}-(I-B)^{-1}\}z ={\delta(w^{\mathsf T}Qe_i)(e_j^{\mathsf T}Qz)\over1-\delta Q_{ji}}. \] In particular the local derivative at zero is the product of upstream aggregate sensitivity and downstream shock exposure, not a function of the edge weight alone.
Proof: Apply the preceding theorem with $A=B$, $u=\delta e_i$, $v=e_j$. The denominator condition is exactly its stability condition. Substitute into the rank-one inverse formula, aggregate, and differentiate the scalar rational function at zero. ∎

The formula is suitable for a finite edge modification only while the other coefficients remain invariant as specified. A policy that changes exchange rates, lender balance sheets or feasible substitution may change both $B$ and $z$, requiring a new equilibrium calculation.

The relaxed response is not observed from total losses

Theorem (An unbounded observational-equivalence family): Observing the full sectoral response $x=(1,1)^{\mathsf T}$ to one normalized financing intervention does not identify amplification. For any $b\in[0,1)$, let \[ B_b=\frac b2\begin{pmatrix}1&1\\1&1\end{pmatrix},\qquad z_b=(1-b)(1,1)^{\mathsf T}. \] The constrained response solves $x=z_b+B_bx$ for every $b$. With relaxed response matrix zero, the same model's relaxed direct response is $x_b^0=z_b$. For $w=(1/2,1/2)^{\mathsf T}$, the compatible amplification is $\Gamma_b=1/(1-b)$, ranging over $[1,\infty)$.
Proof: The eigenvalues of $B_b$ are $b,0$, so all these models are stable. This belongs to the earlier rank-one feedback class with $A=0$, $u=(b/2)(1,1)^{\mathsf T}$ and $v=(1,1)^{\mathsf T}$. Substitution verifies the identical observed sectoral response. Removing the specified network-feedback equations leaves the nonzero direct channel $z_b$, whose aggregate response is $1-b$; the constrained aggregate response is one. The ratio follows and diverges as $b\uparrow1$. All models can also share an arbitrary common baseline output; the example compares local response slopes around it. The direct shock loading is an unobserved structural object allowed to vary across these models. ∎

Remaining gap

Multiple excluded financing instruments with known loadings, or independent measurement of network response coefficients, can rule out parts of the family. They are substantive identifying restrictions, not supplied by a single observed sudden stop. Nonlinear default, currency mismatch, endogenous exchange rates and a justified relaxed-equilibrium intervention remain outside the local theorem. The note therefore derives conditional amplification and an identification obstruction while retaining unresolved status for F32-247.

Completion Estimate

35%

This is a post hoc, heuristic estimate for the full catalogue target. The attempt derives a stable rank-one amplification formula and edge-intervention sensitivity, then proves that observed sectoral losses can leave amplification unboundedly unidentified. Nonlinear default, currency mismatch, endogenous exchange rates and a structurally justified relaxed-financing counterfactual remain outside the local benchmark.

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