Essays about: "skew-t"

Found 2 essays containing the word skew-t.

  1. 1. Value at Risk Estimation using GARCH Family Models: A Comparison of Different Specifications and Distributions.

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik

    Author : Khaled Jrideh; [2023-05-26]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : The objective of this study is to compare the performance of different GARCH models, under various conditional distribution assumptions, to predict one-day-ahead Value-at-Risk (VaR) for three stocks: Swedbank, Handelsbanken, and SEB over the Covid-19 period. The performance is evaluated using Kupiec, Christoffersen tests and the Quadratic Loss. READ MORE

  3. 2. Comparing Mean-Variance and CVaR optimal portfolios, assuming bivariate skew-t distributed returns

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Peter Wohlfart; Marcus Nossman; [2005]
    Keywords : mean-variance; CVaR; portfolios; skew-t; Economics; econometrics; economic theory; economic systems; economic policy; Nationalekonomi; ekonometri; ekonomisk teori; ekonomiska system; ekonomisk politik; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : In this paper we are building portfolios consisting of the S&P 500 index and a T-bond index. The portfolio weights are chosen in such a way that the risk for the portfolio is minimized. To be able to minimize the risk for a portfolio, we first have to specify how to measure the portfolios risk. READ MORE