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IV. Selected Applications
Subsections
1. Computationally Intensive Value at Risk Calculations
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Stable Distributions
1.2.1 Characteristic Function Representation
1.2.2 Computation of Stable Density and Distribution Functions
1.2.3 Simulation of
-stable Variables
1.2.4 Estimation of Parameters
1.2.5 Are Asset Returns
-stable?
1.2.6 Truncated Stable Distributions
1.3 Hyperbolic Distributions
1.3.1 Simulation of Generalized Hyperbolic Variables
1.3.2 Estimation of Parameters
1.3.3 Are Asset Returns NIG Distributed?
1.4 Value at Risk, Portfolios and Heavy Tails