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Title: | EXTREME RISKS OF INTERNATIONAL SECURITIZED REAL ESTATE MARKETS | Authors: | LIM MINGSHENG MARK | Keywords: | Value at Risk Extreme Value Theory Probability Weighted Moments Block Maxima Extremal Index |
Issue Date: | 2007 | Citation: | LIM MINGSHENG MARK (2007). EXTREME RISKS OF INTERNATIONAL SECURITIZED REAL ESTATE MARKETS. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. | Abstract: | In this study, the effectiveness of using the normal distribution in the estimation of Value at Risk (VaR) to measure the risks of returns is investigated. Also, a combination of Value at Risk estimated by Extreme Value Theory is used to model the extreme risks and is evaluated alongside the traditional proxy for risk, the standard deviation before, during and after the Asian Financial Crisis. It is found that although RiskMetrics which assumes normality provide an easy way to compute VaR, it severely underestimates extreme risks. On the other hand, the maxima and minima of returns series are satisfactorily modeled using a combination of the extreme value theory and the value at risk measure. The parameters of the VaRs estimated by the Extreme Value Theory showed that the Frechet and Weibull type distributions are better able to model the returns of the financial returns. Furthermore, a longer holding period is found to increase the investor's exposure to extreme events. Lastly, the securitized real estate and common stock markets in Asia exhibit the largest propensity for experiencing crash and booms as the magnitude of extreme gains and losses are higher than other regions. Thus, for risk adverse investors, European and North American countries would prove to be a more attractive option | URI: | https://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/234440 |
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