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Far out in the tails – The historical distributions of macro-financial risk factors in Denmark

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The macro stress tests used by the authorities in many countries prior to the most recent financial crisis did not pay sufficient attention to low-probability but high-consequence scenarios. Economic history is rich on extreme events which we illustrate by taking a closer look at the frequency and magnitude of extreme events in the economic history of Denmark. We suggest using distributions of macro-financial risk factors based on long-span historical time series as inspiration in relation to low-probability scenarios in macro stress tests.

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  • Abildgren, Kim, 2014. "Far out in the tails – The historical distributions of macro-financial risk factors in Denmark," Nationaløkonomisk tidsskrift, Nationaløkonomisk Forening, vol. 2014(1), pages 1-31.
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