Market risk measurement

Abstract

Since the global financial crisis of 2006-2008, financial institutions have adopted many risk modeling methods to be prepared in case of a new financial crisis. This is the reason why several models are used to measure market risk. This Doctoral Dissertation examines the most popular risk measures, Value at Risk and Expected Shortfall by using several Backtesting methods and evaluating their effectiveness. This Doctoral Dissertation is structured as follows. The first chapter introduces different types of risk. The second chapter presents the literature review of VaR and ES. The third chapter describes the methods of calculating market risk measures. The fourth chapter compares the different methods of calculating VaR and ES on 1-day horizons. In the fifth chapter, a comparison of methods for calculating VaR and ES on 10-day horizons is presented. Chapter six presents the Backtesting of all the risk methodologies. Chapter 7 presents the sensitivity of risk measures when the size of the ...
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DOI
10.12681/eadd/55977
Handle URL
http://hdl.handle.net/10442/hedi/55977
ND
55977
Alternative title
Μέτρηση του κινδύνου αγοράς
Author
Kontaxis, Grigorios (Father's name: Iraklis)
Date
2024
Degree Grantor
National Technical University of Athens (NTUA)
Committee members
Τσώλας Ιωάννης
Μηλιός Ιωάννης
Μιχαηλίδης Παναγιώτης
Φουσκάκης Δημήτριος
Παπαπαντολέων Αντώνιος
Λουλάκης Μιχαήλ
Βρόντος Ιωάννης
Discipline
Natural SciencesMathematics ➨ Statistics and Probability
Natural SciencesMathematics ➨ Mathematics (miscellaneous)
Keywords
Investment risk; Measuring market risk; Market risk; Applied statistics
Country
Greece
Language
Greek
Description
tbls., fig., ch.
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