Laurini, Fabrizio; Tawn, Jonathan - In: Econometric Reviews 28 (2009) 1-3, pp. 146-169
Stock returns exhibit heavy tails and volatility clustering. These features, motivating the use of GARCH models, make it difficult to predict times and sizes of losses that might occur. Estimation of losses, like the Value-at-Risk, often assume that returns, normalized by the level of...