Simulation Techniques in Financial Risk Management

Download or read book Simulation Techniques in Financial Risk Management written by Ngai Hang Chan and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2006-04-20 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique resource provides simulation techniques for financial risk managers ensuring you become well versed in many recent innovations, including Gibbs sampling, the use of heavy-tailed distributions in VaR calculations, construction of volatility smile, and state space modeling. The authors illustrate key concepts with examples and case studies you can reproduce using either S-PLUS® or Visual Basic® and provide exercises so you can apply new concepts and test your knowledge. Simulation Techniques in Financial Risk Management is invaluable both as a resource for risk managers in the financial and actuarial industries and as a coursebook for upper-level undergraduate and graduate courses in simulation and risk management.