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The effect of asymmetries on stock index return value-at-risk estimates

  • Chris Brooks
  • , Gitanjali Persand

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    Abstract

    It is widely accepted that equity return volatility increases more following negative shocks rather than positive shocks. However, much of value-at-risk (VaR) analysis relies on the assumption that returns are normally distributed (a symmetric distribution). This article considers the effect of asymmetries on the evaluation and accuracy of VaR by comparing estimates based on various models.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)29-42
    Number of pages14
    JournalJournal of Risk Finance
    Volume4
    Issue number2
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2003

    Keywords

    • Stock index
    • Minimum Capital Risk Requirements
    • Internal Risk Management Models
    • Value at risk
    • asymmetries
    • multivariate GARCH
    • semi-variance

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