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introducing calibration methods for short rate models, the author quantifies interest rate and credit risk for corporate and …Purpose – Interest rate risk, i.e. the risk of changes in the interest rate term structure, is of high relevance in … insurers' risk management. Due to large capital investments in interest rate sensitive assets such as bonds, interest rate risk …
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introducing calibration methods for short rate models, the author quantifies interest rate and credit risk for corporate and …Purpose – Interest rate risk, i.e. the risk of changes in the interest rate term structure, is of high relevance in … insurers' risk management. Due to large capital investments in interest rate sensitive assets such as bonds, interest rate risk …
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Even though insurers predominantly invest in bonds, credit risk associated with government and corporate bonds has long … not been a focus in their risk management. After the crisis of several European countries, however, credit risk has … regulators for deriving solvency capital requirements, still does not require capital for credit risk inherent in, e.g., EEA …
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How to entrench hard-won gains, increase resilience to shocks, and improve growth performance to reduce poverty? As Central America moves forward in regaining macroeconomic stability, these are the challenges. This study analyzes Central America’s real, fiscal, monetary, and financial...
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This paper incorporates house price risk and mortgages into a standard incomplete market (SIM) model. The model is calibrated to match U.S. data and accounts for non-targeted features of the data such as the distribution of down payments, the life-cycle profile of home ownership, and the...
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This paper examines Peru’s 2002 Article IV Consultation, First Review Under the Stand-By Arrangement, and a Request for Modification and Waiver of Performance Criteria. The fiscal policy was tightened in early 2002 from the expansionary stance in the second half of 2001. The baseline...
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Albania enjoyed strong growth with comparatively benign external vulnerabilities before the crisis. Monetary policy provided timely support, and the exchange rate functioned as a shock absorber. However, policy buffers are now exhausted and must be rebuilt. Fiscal tightening has to be quickly...
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