Essays about: "Kupiec Test"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 19 essays containing the words Kupiec Test.

  1. 1. Value at Risk estimation : A comparison between different models

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statistiska institutionen

    Author : Mathias Mattsson; [2021]
    Keywords : CAViaR; GARCH; Value at Risk; Backtesting;

    Abstract : In this thesis the performance of the quantile based CAV iaR models is evaluated and compared with GARCH models for predicting the Value at Risk. This is done by one step ahead out of sample prediction. The one step ahead out of sample prediction is done for the 500 observations at the end of the sample. READ MORE

  3. 2. GARCH models applied on Swedish Stock Exchange Indices

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statistiska institutionen

    Author : Wiktor Blad; Vilim Nedic; [2019]
    Keywords : Value-at-Risk; GARCH; GJR-GARCH; EGARCH; student´s t distribution; generalized error distribution; Kupiec´s test; Chrisoffersen´s test; forecast;

    Abstract : In the financial industry, it has been increasingly popular to measure risk. One of the most common quantitative measures for assessing risk is Value-at-Risk (VaR). VaR helps to measure extreme risks that an investor is exposed to. READ MORE

  4. 3. Predicting Uncertainty in Financial Markets : -An empirical study on ARCH-class models ability to estimate Value at Risk

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statistiska institutionen

    Author : Arvid Nybrant; Henrik Rundberg; [2018]
    Keywords : VaR; GARCH; Volatility Forecasting; Backtesting; Conditional Heteroscedasticity;

    Abstract : Value at Risk has over the last couple of decades become one of the most widely used measures of market risk. Several methods to compute this measure have been suggested. READ MORE

  5. 4. Empirical Research on Value-at-Risk Methods of Chinese Stock Indexes

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Xibei Chen; [2017]
    Keywords : Value at Risk; TGARCH; EGARCH; Student’s t-distribution; GED; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : The Chinese stock market has been established for more than 20 years. Although it is not as mature as the highly developed western securities markets, it has a huge influence on the global economy. It is significant to study the risks of the Chinese stock market, especially the risk of stock indexes. READ MORE

  6. 5. Prediction of Volatility and Value at Risk with Copulas for Portfolios of Commodities

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Matematisk statistik

    Author : Felix Mörée; [2016]
    Keywords : Commodities; Copula; GARCH; VaR; Mathematics and Statistics;

    Abstract : Value at Risk (VaR) is a popular measurement for valuing the risk exposure. Correct estimates of VaR are essential in order to properly be able to monitor the risk. This thesis examines a copula approach for estimating VaR for portfolios of commodities. The predictions are made from a semi- parametric model with Monte Carlo methods. READ MORE