Local Likelihood Density Estimation and Value-at-Risk

This paper presents a new nonparametric method for computing the conditional Value-at-Risk, based on a local approximation of the conditional density function in a neighborhood of a predetermined extreme value for univariate and multivariate series of portfolio returns. For illustration, the method...

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Main Authors: Christian Gourieroux, Joann Jasiak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2010-01-01
Series:Journal of Probability and Statistics
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/754851

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