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An Introduction to Market Risk Measurement (The Wiley Finance Series)

An Introduction to Market Risk Measurement (The Wiley Finance Series)
By Kevin Dowd

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This book provides an introduction to Value at Risk (VaR) and expected tail loss (ETL) estimation and is a student-oriented version of Measuring Market Risk (John Wiley & Sons 2002).

An Introduction to Market Risk Measurement includes coverage of:

  • Parametric and non-parametric risk estimation

  • Simulation

  • Numerical Methods

  • Liquidity Risks

  • Risk Decomposition and Budgeting

  • Backtesting

  • Stress Testing

  • Model Risk
Divided into two parts, part one discusses the various risk measurement techniques, whilst part two provides a toolkit of the main tools required to understand market risk measurement. A CD is packaged with the book, containing a MATLAB folder of risk measurement functions, in addition to some examples in Excel/VBA.

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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #634392 in Books
  • Published on: 2002-10-18
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 304 pages

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From the Back Cover
This book provides an introduction to Value at Risk (VaR) and expected tail loss (ETL) estimation and is a student-oriented version of Measuring Market Risk (John Wiley & Sons 2002).

An Introduction to Market Risk Measurement includes coverage of:

  • Parametric and non-parametric risk estimation

  • Simulation

  • Numerical Methods

  • Liquidity Risks

  • Risk Decomposition and Budgeting

  • Backtesting

  • Stress Testing

  • Model Risk
Divided into two parts, part one discusses the various risk measurement techniques, whilst part two provides a toolkit of the main tools required to understand market risk measurement. A CD is packaged with the book, containing a MATLAB folder of risk measurement functions, in addition to some examples in Excel/VBA.

About the Author
KEVIN DOWD is Professor of Financial Risk Management at Nottingham University Business School and a member of the School's Centre for Research in Risk and Insurance Studies.