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Looking for Efficient QML Estimation of Conditional VaRs at Multiple Risk Levels

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  • Christian Francq
  • Jean-Michel Zakoïan

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We consider joint estimation of conditional Value-at-Risk (VaR) at several levels - within the framework of general GARCH-type models. The conditional VaR at level a is expressed as the product of the volatility and the opposite of the ? -quantile of the innovation. A standard method is to estimate the volatility parameters by Gaussian Quasi-Maximum Likelihood (QML) in a first step, and to use the residuals for estimating the innovation's quantiles in a second step. We argue that the Gaussian QML may be inefficient with respect to more general QML and can even be in failure for heavy tailed conditional distributions. We therefore study - for a vector of risk levels - a two-step procedure based on a generalized QML. For a portfolio of VaRs at different levels, confidence intervals accounting for both market and estimation risks are deduced. An empirical study based on stock indices illustrates the theoretical results.

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  • Christian Francq & Jean-Michel Zakoïan, 2016. "Looking for Efficient QML Estimation of Conditional VaRs at Multiple Risk Levels," Annals of Economics and Statistics, GENES, issue 123-124, pages 9-28.
    • Handle: RePEc:adr:anecst:y:2016:i:123-124:p:9-28
    DOI: 10.15609/annaeconstat2009.123-124.0009
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    Keywords

    Asymmetric Power GARCH; Distortion Risk Measures; Estimation Risk; Non-Gaussian Quasi-Maximum Likelihood; Value-at-Risk;
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    • C13 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Estimation: General
    • C22 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Time-Series Models; Dynamic Quantile Regressions; Dynamic Treatment Effect Models; Diffusion Processes
    • C58 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric Modeling - - - Financial Econometrics

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