Backtesting Value at Risk and Expected Shortfall (BestMasters) - Softcover

Book 15 of 91: BestMasters

Roccioletti, Simona

 
9783658119072: Backtesting Value at Risk and Expected Shortfall (BestMasters)

Synopsis

In this book Simona Roccioletti reviews several valuable studies about risk measures and their properties; in particular she studies the new (and heavily discussed) property of "Elicitability" of a risk measure. More important, she investigates the issue related to the backtesting of Expected Shortfall. The main contribution of the work is the application of "Test 1" and "Test 2" developed by Acerbi and Szekely (2014) on different models and for five global market indexes.

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About the Author

Simona Roccioletti obtained her Master of Arts degree in Quantitative Asset and Risk Management at the University of Applied Sciences (bfi) Vienna, Austria.

From the Back Cover

In this book Simona Roccioletti reviews several valuable studies about risk measures and their properties; in particular she studies the new (and heavily discussed) property of "Elicitability" of a risk measure. More important, she investigates the issue related to the backtesting of Expected Shortfall. The main contribution of the work is the application of "Test 1" and "Test 2" developed by Acerbi and Szekely (2014) on different models and for five global market indexes.

Contents

  • Risk measures and their properties
  • Elicitability
  • Backtesting (VaR and ES)
  • Empirical Analysis
  • MATLAB code

Target Groups

  • Researchers and Students in Economics and Finance
  • Practitioners in Risk Management

The Author

Simona Roccioletti obtained her Master of Arts degree in Quantitative Asset and Risk Management at the University of Applied Sciences (bfi) Vienna, Austria.

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