Archimedean copula in the computation of value-at-risk : an application to Singapore stock market.

The Value-at-Risk (VaR) is of central importance in modern financial risk management. Of the various methods that exist to compute the VaR, the most popular are historical simulation, the variance-covariance method. Gaussian Copula approach is preferred over the conventional method to compute VaR be...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Wu, Daniel Yuelong., Mok, Shiao Wai., Sim, Jian Wei., Tan, Wei Qin.
Other Authors: Wu Yuan
Format: Final Year Project (FYP)
Language:English
Published: 2010
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/33745