Introduction to The Econometrics of Individual Risk: Credit, Insurance, and Marketing

Christian Gourieroux and Joann Jasiak

A chapter in The Econometrics of Individual Risk: Credit, Insurance, and Marketing, 2007 from Princeton University Press

Abstract: The individual risks faced by banks, insurers, and marketers are less well understood than aggregate risks such as market-price changes. But the risks incurred or carried by individual people, companies, insurance policies, or credit agreements can be just as devastating as macroevents such as share-price fluctuations. A comprehensive introduction, The Econometrics of Individual Risk is the first book to provide a complete econometric methodology for quantifying and managing this underappreciated but important variety of risk. The book presents a course in the econometric theory of individual risk illustrated by empirical examples. And, unlike other texts, it is focused entirely on solving the actual individual risk problems businesses confront today. Christian Gourieroux and Joann Jasiak emphasize the microeconometric aspect of risk analysis by extensively discussing practical problems such as retail credit scoring, credit card transaction dynamics, and profit maximization in promotional mailing. They address regulatory issues in sections on computing the minimum capital reserve for coverage of potential losses, and on the credit-risk measure CreditVar. The book will interest graduate students in economics, business, finance, and actuarial studies, as well as actuaries and financial analysts.

Keywords: econometrics; individual risk; credit; insuranace; marketing; banks; regulation; retail credit scoring; capital reserve (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
ISBN: 9780691120669
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