Journal of University of Science and Technology of China ›› 2016, Vol. 46 ›› Issue (11): 928-938.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.0253-2778.2016.11.008

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Systematic VaR model based on multi-resolution analysis and extreme value theory

WANG Chuanhao, FANG Zhaoben, HAN Yu   

  1. Department of Statistics and Finance, School of Management, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
  • Received:2015-11-03 Revised:2016-05-19 Accepted:2016-05-19 Online:2016-05-19 Published:2016-05-19

Abstract: In order to capture time-varying features of volatility of asset price, multi-resolution analysis (MRA) was used to decompose financial returns into orthogonal components in different time domains. For each component, a certain ARMA-GARCH model was built. Extreme value theory (EVT) was then introduced so as to model the fat-tail of financial returns, and an MRA-EVT model was constructed. Finally, the proposed model was applied to predict VaR of CSI 300 index, and compared with traditional models, such as ARMA-GARCH model, unconditional EVT model and MRA model. Empirical results show that the MRA-EVT model significantly improves the accuracy of VaR estimation.

Key words: multi-resolution analysis, GARCH model, EVT, VaR

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