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Chapter 8: Model Risk in Risk Measures Calculations

      https://doi.org/10.1142/9789814663410_0008Cited by:0 (Source: Crossref)
      Abstract:

      The following sections are included:

      • Introduction

      • Controlling Risk in Insurance

        • Diversification

        • Variance

      • Coherent Distortion Risk Measures

      • Value-at-Risk

        • General observations

        • Expected shortfall and expected tail loss

        • Violations ratio

        • Correct representation

        • VaR may not be subadditive

        • Artificial improvement of VaR

        • Problems at long horizon

      • Backtesting

        • Uncertainty in risk estimates: A short overview

        • Backtesting VaR

      • Asymptotic Risk of VaR

        • Normal VaR

        • More general asymptotic standard errors for VaR

        • Exact confidence intervals for VaR

        • Examples

        • VaR at different significance levels

        • Exact confidence intervals

        • Extreme losses estimation and uncertainty

        • Backtesting expected shortfall

      • Notes and Summary