Value at Risk: a Trade-off between Accuracy and Computational Time

Since the 90’s, the Basle and the Basle II committee has required banks to calculate their VaR periodically to maintain a sufficient capital in order to face eventual losses estimated by VaR. Frequently, the risk managers have to choose between the accuracy and the computational time of the VaR. And...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Santacruz, Guillaume
Format: Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2009
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/23165/