Development of Value at Risk(VaR) models with applications to Malaysian capital market

A simple transformation is used to transform the normally distributed random variable E to a random variable R such that the distribution of R has fatter tails and thinner waist than the normal distribution. The fat-tail distribution is shown to give a good fit to the data on return of single stock...

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Main Author: Yap, Voon Choong
Format: Thesis
Published: 2004
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Online Access:http://shdl.mmu.edu.my/87/
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description A simple transformation is used to transform the normally distributed random variable E to a random variable R such that the distribution of R has fatter tails and thinner waist than the normal distribution. The fat-tail distribution is shown to give a good fit to the data on return of single stock in the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange(KLSE).
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spelling mmu-872014-12-09T07:26:32Z http://shdl.mmu.edu.my/87/ Development of Value at Risk(VaR) models with applications to Malaysian capital market Yap, Voon Choong LB2300 Higher Education A simple transformation is used to transform the normally distributed random variable E to a random variable R such that the distribution of R has fatter tails and thinner waist than the normal distribution. The fat-tail distribution is shown to give a good fit to the data on return of single stock in the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange(KLSE). 2004 Thesis NonPeerReviewed Yap, Voon Choong (2004) Development of Value at Risk(VaR) models with applications to Malaysian capital market. PhD thesis, Multimedia University. http://library.mmu.edu.my/diglib/onlinedb/dig_lib.php
spellingShingle LB2300 Higher Education
Yap, Voon Choong
Development of Value at Risk(VaR) models with applications to Malaysian capital market
title Development of Value at Risk(VaR) models with applications to Malaysian capital market
title_full Development of Value at Risk(VaR) models with applications to Malaysian capital market
title_fullStr Development of Value at Risk(VaR) models with applications to Malaysian capital market
title_full_unstemmed Development of Value at Risk(VaR) models with applications to Malaysian capital market
title_short Development of Value at Risk(VaR) models with applications to Malaysian capital market
title_sort development of value at risk(var) models with applications to malaysian capital market
topic LB2300 Higher Education
url http://shdl.mmu.edu.my/87/
http://shdl.mmu.edu.my/87/