Improved estimators of extreme Wang distortion risk measures for very heavy-tailed distributions

A general way to study the extremes of a random variable is to consider the family of its Wang distortion risk measures. This class of risk measures encompasses several indicators such as the classical quantile/Value-at-Risk, the Tail-Value-at-Risk and Conditional Tail Moments. Trimmed and winsorise...

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Main Authors: El Methni, Jonathan, Stupfler, Gilles
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Published: Elsevier 2018
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/41195/
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description A general way to study the extremes of a random variable is to consider the family of its Wang distortion risk measures. This class of risk measures encompasses several indicators such as the classical quantile/Value-at-Risk, the Tail-Value-at-Risk and Conditional Tail Moments. Trimmed and winsorised versions of the empirical counterparts of extreme analogues of Wang distortion risk measures are considered. Their asymptotic properties are analysed, and it is shown that it is possible to construct corrected versions of trimmed or winsorised estimators of extreme Wang distortion risk measures who appear to perform overall better than their standard empirical counterparts in difficult finite-sample situations when the underlying distribution has a very heavy right tail. This technique is showcased on a set of real fire insurance data.
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spelling nottingham-411952020-05-04T19:34:18Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/41195/ Improved estimators of extreme Wang distortion risk measures for very heavy-tailed distributions El Methni, Jonathan Stupfler, Gilles A general way to study the extremes of a random variable is to consider the family of its Wang distortion risk measures. This class of risk measures encompasses several indicators such as the classical quantile/Value-at-Risk, the Tail-Value-at-Risk and Conditional Tail Moments. Trimmed and winsorised versions of the empirical counterparts of extreme analogues of Wang distortion risk measures are considered. Their asymptotic properties are analysed, and it is shown that it is possible to construct corrected versions of trimmed or winsorised estimators of extreme Wang distortion risk measures who appear to perform overall better than their standard empirical counterparts in difficult finite-sample situations when the underlying distribution has a very heavy right tail. This technique is showcased on a set of real fire insurance data. Elsevier 2018-04-30 Article PeerReviewed El Methni, Jonathan and Stupfler, Gilles (2018) Improved estimators of extreme Wang distortion risk measures for very heavy-tailed distributions. Econometrics and Statistics, 6 . pp. 129-148. ISSN 2452-3062 Asymptotic normality Extreme value statistics Heavy-tailed distribution Trimming Wang distortion risk measure Winsorising http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2452306217300151 doi:10.1016/j.ecosta.2017.03.002 doi:10.1016/j.ecosta.2017.03.002
spellingShingle Asymptotic normality
Extreme value statistics
Heavy-tailed distribution
Trimming
Wang distortion risk measure
Winsorising
El Methni, Jonathan
Stupfler, Gilles
Improved estimators of extreme Wang distortion risk measures for very heavy-tailed distributions
title Improved estimators of extreme Wang distortion risk measures for very heavy-tailed distributions
title_full Improved estimators of extreme Wang distortion risk measures for very heavy-tailed distributions
title_fullStr Improved estimators of extreme Wang distortion risk measures for very heavy-tailed distributions
title_full_unstemmed Improved estimators of extreme Wang distortion risk measures for very heavy-tailed distributions
title_short Improved estimators of extreme Wang distortion risk measures for very heavy-tailed distributions
title_sort improved estimators of extreme wang distortion risk measures for very heavy-tailed distributions
topic Asymptotic normality
Extreme value statistics
Heavy-tailed distribution
Trimming
Wang distortion risk measure
Winsorising
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/41195/
https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/41195/
https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/41195/