An evaluation of the adequacy of Lévy and extreme value tail risk estimates

Abstract This study investigates the simplicity and adequacy of tail-based risk measures—value-at-risk (VaR) and expected shortfall (ES)—when applied to tail targeting of the extreme value (EV) model. We implement Lévy–VaR and ES risk measures as full density-based alternatives to the generalized Pa...

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Main Authors: Sharif Mozumder, M. Kabir Hassan, M. Humayun Kabir
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2024-05-01
Series:Financial Innovation
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40854-024-00614-6