In this paper we propose a new tool for backtesting that examines the quality of Value-at- Risk (VaR) forecasts. To … sample properties in realistic sample settings (5% coverage rate with estimation risk). An application on a portfolio …

along all the period under study. We suggest several dynamic models to compute two market risk measures, the Value at Risk …

Farm risk management for income stabilization is on-going issue. An applied work has been performed to measure farm … risk using a stochastic model. Risk management tools, with symmetric as well as asymmetric impacts, are then tested and … compared through ad hoc statistics. Normal farm business risk can be efficiently managed using a precautionary saving provision …

bankruptcies. This article applies extreme value theory results to quantify the extreme downside risk of the S&P 500 stock index in …

competing density forecasts over a specific region of interest, such as the left tail in financial risk management. These …

Risk diversification is the basis of insurance and investment. It is thus crucial to study the effects that could limit … it. One of them is the existence of systemic risk that affects all the policies at the same time. We introduce here a … probabilistic approach to examine the consequences of its presence on the risk loading of the premium of a portfolio of insurance …