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Exponential spectral risk measures
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Date Issued
2007-03-20
Date Available
2009-06-16T15:40:43Z
Abstract
Spectral risk measures are attractive risk measures as they allow the user to obtain
risk measures that reflect their subjective risk-aversion. This paper examines spectral risk measures based on an exponential utility function, and finds that these risk measures have nice intuitive properties. It also discusses how they can be estimated using numerical quadrature methods, and how confidence intervals for them can be estimated using a parametric bootstrap. Illustrative results suggest that estimated exponential spectral risk measures obtained using such methods are quite precise in the presence of normally distributed losses.
risk measures that reflect their subjective risk-aversion. This paper examines spectral risk measures based on an exponential utility function, and finds that these risk measures have nice intuitive properties. It also discusses how they can be estimated using numerical quadrature methods, and how confidence intervals for them can be estimated using a parametric bootstrap. Illustrative results suggest that estimated exponential spectral risk measures obtained using such methods are quite precise in the presence of normally distributed losses.
Sponsorship
University College Dublin. School of Business
Type of Material
Working Paper
Publisher
University College Dublin. School of Business. Centre for Financial Markets
Series
Centre for Financial Markets working paper series
WP-07-06
Copyright (Published Version)
2007, Centre for Financial Markets
Classification
G15
Subject – LCSH
Risk--Econometric models
Utility theory--Mathematical models
Bootstrap (Statistics)
Language
English
Status of Item
Not peer reviewed
This item is made available under a Creative Commons License
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