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On the cost‐of‐capital rate under incomplete market valuation

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  • Hansjörg Albrecher
  • Karl‐Theodor Eisele
  • Mogens Steffensen
  • Mario V. Wüthrich

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In this paper we discuss the concept of the cost‐of‐capital (CoC) rate for an insurance company as an equilibrium in the economic triangle of policyholders, shareholders, and the regulator. This provides a possible rationalization and an economic foundation for a quantity that is widely used in practice but whose value is typically neither technically nor economically well justified. We show how it can be well founded in such a triangular equilibrium. Under a simple one‐period model and a valuation procedure of a two‐price economy for illiquid assets we provide a corresponding economic‐theoretical quantification for the CoC rate. The resulting rates are illustrated by a number of concrete numerical examples.

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  • Hansjörg Albrecher & Karl‐Theodor Eisele & Mogens Steffensen & Mario V. Wüthrich, 2022. "On the cost‐of‐capital rate under incomplete market valuation," Journal of Risk & Insurance, The American Risk and Insurance Association, vol. 89(4), pages 1139-1158, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:jrinsu:v:89:y:2022:i:4:p:1139-1158
    DOI: 10.1111/jori.12406
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