Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/26641 
Year of Publication: 
2009
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 2596
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
This paper explores empirically the link between French equities returns Value-at-Risk (VaR) and the state of financial markets cycle. The econometric analysis is based on a simple vector autoregression setup. Using quarterly data from 1970Q4 to 2008Q3, it turns out that the k-year VaR of French equities is strongly dependent on the cycle phase: the expected losses as measured by the VaR are twice smaller in recession times than expansion periods. These results strongly suggest that the European rules regarding the solvency capital requirements for insurance companies should adapt to the state of the financial market's cycle. To this end, we propose a cycle-dependent measure of the Solvency Capital Requirement.
Subjects: 
Expected equities returns
Value at Risk
investment horizon
vector auto-regression
JEL: 
G11
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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