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The generalized Pareto distribution (GPD) is probably the most popular model for inference on the tail of a distribution. The peaks-over-threshold methodology postulates the GPD as the natural model for excesses over a high threshold. However, for the GPD to fit such excesses well, the threshold...
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The Pareto model is very popular in risk management, since simple analytical formulas can be derived for financial downside risk measures (value-at-risk, expected shortfall) or reinsurance premiums and related quantities (large claim index, return period). Nevertheless, in practice,...
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