Alexander McNeil, Rüdiger Frey, Paul Embrechts (2005): “Quantitative Risk Management”, Princeton Series in Finance, $79.50.-. [PDF]
Süss, Stephan
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A Non-Gaussian Approach to Risk Measures [PDF]
Reliable calculations of financial risk require that the fat-tailed nature of prices changes is included in risk measures. To this end, a non-Gaussian approach to financial risk management is presented, modeling the power-law tails of the returns ...
Bacry +25 more
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A Survey of Systemic Risk Analytics [PDF]
We provide a survey of 31 quantitative measures of systemic risk in the economics and finance literature, chosen to span key themes and issues in systemic risk measurement and management.
Bisias, Dimitrios +3 more
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The optimal use of return predictability : an empirical study [PDF]
In this paper we study the economic value and statistical significance of asset return predictability, based on a wide range of commonly used predictive variables.
Abhay Abhyankar +3 more
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WARNING: Physics Envy May Be Hazardous To Your Wealth! [PDF]
The quantitative aspirations of economists and financial analysts have for many years been based on the belief that it should be possible to build models of economic systems - and financial markets in particular - that are as predictive as those in ...
A Blinder +76 more
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What is the best risk measure in practice? A comparison of standard measures [PDF]
Expected Shortfall (ES) has been widely accepted as a risk measure that is conceptually superior to Value-at-Risk (VaR). At the same time, however, it has been criticised for issues relating to backtesting.
Emmer, Susanne +2 more
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Does Intellectual Capital Affect the Volatility of Returns? An Empirical Investigation on Italian Listed Companies [PDF]
In modern information economies, economic success increasingly depends on the ability to apply knowledge and to transform it into firm value. While intellectual capital plays a critical role in firm success, it is an intangible asset that is difficult to
Cantrell, Brett W. +3 more
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Handbook of Quantitative Finance and Risk Management [PDF]
Quantitative finance is a combination of economics, accounting, statistics, econometrics, mathematics, stochastic process, and computer science and technology. Increasingly, the tools of financial analysis are being applied to assess, monitor, and mitigate risk, especially in the context of globalization, market volatility, and economic crisis.
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Theoretical Sensitivity Analysis for Quantitative Operational Risk Management
We study the asymptotic behavior of the difference between the values at risk VaR(L) and VaR(L+S) for heavy tailed random variables L and S for application in sensitivity analysis of quantitative operational risk management within the framework of the ...
Böcker C. +7 more
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Political risk in light rail transit PPP projects [PDF]
Since 2003 public-private partnerships (PPPs) have represented between 10 and 13.5% of the total investment in public services in the UK. The macro-economic and political benefits of PPPs were among the key drivers for central government's decision ...
Al-Tabtabai H. +15 more
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