The paper presents a consistent approach to the modeling of general and specific market risk as defined in regulatory documents. It compares the statistically based beta-factor model with a class of benckmark models that use a broadly based index as major building block for modeling. The...

The paper presents a consistent approach to the modeling of general and specific market risk as defined in regulatory documents. It compares the statistically based beta-factor model with a class of benchmark models that use a broadly based index as major building block for modeling. The...