In this paper, we generalize the parametric Delta-VaR method from portfolios with normally distributed risk factors to portfolios with elliptically distributed ones. We treat both expected shortfall and the Value-at-Risk of such portfolios. Special attention is given to the particular case of a multivariate t-distribution.
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Length: 15 pages Date of creation: 15 Mar 2004 Date of revision: Handle: RePEc:wpa:wuwpri:0403001
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