Essays about: "Generalized Pareto Distribution"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 24 essays containing the words Generalized Pareto Distribution.
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1. Pricing and Modeling Heavy Tailed Reinsurance Treaties - A Pricing Application to Risk XL Contracts
University essay from KTH/Matematisk statistikAbstract : To estimate the risk of a loss occurring for insurance takers is a difficult task in the insurance industry. It is an even more difficult task to price the risk for reinsurance companies which insures the primary insurers. READ MORE
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2. Into the Trading Book: Estimating Expected Shortfall
University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionenAbstract : In light of the revised 2019 proposals constituting the Fundamental Review of the Trading Book, which amend the third Basel Accord, expected shortfall is set to replace value at risk as the risk measure dictating banks' capital reserving requirements for exposure to market risk. This paper examines how best to accurately estimate expected shortfall from a regulatory perspective by carrying out an array of non-parametric as well as parametric methods over the recent years of financial instability. READ MORE
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3. Economic Capital Models : Methods for fitting loss distributions
University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för matematik och matematisk statistikAbstract : The thesis provides a well-researched classical approach to fit and predict the losses (extreme) for Lloyds Bank’s Dutch mortgage portfolio, their defaulted Dutch mortgage portfolio, and their German personal and car loan portfolio. This is a crucial piece for quantification of the economic loss, required for effective credit risk management by the Bank. READ MORE
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4. Applying Peaks-Over-Threshold for Increasing the Speed of Convergence of a Monte Carlo Simulation
University essay from KTH/Matematik (Avd.)Abstract : This thesis investigates applying the semiparametric method Peaks-Over-Threshold on data generated from a Monte Carlo simulation when estimating the financial risk measures Value-at-Risk and Expected Shortfall. The goal is to achieve a faster convergence than a Monte Carlo simulation when assessing extreme events that symbolise the worst outcomes of a financial portfolio. READ MORE
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5. Traffic safety analysis by surrogate measures:an extreme value approach
University essay from Lunds universitet/Matematisk statistikAbstract : Road safety analyses are required for the prevention of road accident fatalities. In Europe, the ambition is "Vision Zero". Data that was used is collected by the research group Transport and Roads which is part of Department of Technology and Society at LTH, Lund University. READ MORE