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Nonlinear attractors and asymmetries between non-life insurance premiums and financial markets

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  • Janelle Mann

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Understanding how macroeconomic factors influence the underwriting cycle is a critical component of modelling cyclical movements in insurance dynamics. The purpose of this paper was to examine this issue to determine whether macroeconomic factors and non-life insurance premiums share a long-run attractor to which the system tends to return over time. We find strong evidence of linear cointegration in Canada, France, Japan, the UK, and the USA, with nonlinear attractors characterized by asymmetry in Canada, France, and the USA. The results suggest macroeconomic factors have important effects on insurance dynamics. Copyright Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2015

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  • Peter Sephton & Janelle Mann, 2015. "Nonlinear attractors and asymmetries between non-life insurance premiums and financial markets," Empirical Economics, Springer, vol. 49(3), pages 783-799, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:empeco:v:49:y:2015:i:3:p:783-799
    DOI: 10.1007/s00181-014-0894-7
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    Keywords

    Insurance dynamics; Macroeconomic influences; Underwriting cycles; Non-life insurance premiums; Nonlinear cointegration; Multivariate adaptive regression spline $$(hbox {MARS}^{mathrm{TM}})$$ ( MARS TM ) ; Threshold cointegration; Asymmetric adjustment; C2; E3; G22;
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    JEL classification:

    • C2 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables
    • E3 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles
    • G22 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Insurance; Insurance Companies; Actuarial Studies

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