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Economic capital

Economic capital is the market value of assets minus fair value of liabilities. Used in practice as a risk-adjusted capital measure; specifically, the amount of capital required to meet an explicit solvency constraint (e.g., a certain probability of ruin). [Source: Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS) Overview of Enterprise Risk Management]


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