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The main objective of statistics of univariate extremes lies in the estimation of quantities related to extreme events. In many areas of application, like finance, insurance and statistical quality control, a typical requirement is to estimate a high quantile, i.e. the Value at Risk at a level \(q (\)VaR\(_q)\), high enough, so that the chance of exceedance of that value is equal to \(q\), with \(q\) small. In this paper we deal with the semi-parametric estimation of VaR\(_q\), for heavy tails, introducing a new class of VaR-estimators based on a class of mean-of-order- \(p\) (MOP) extreme value index (EVI)-estimators, recently introduced in the literature. Interestingly, the MOP EVI-estimators can have a mean square error smaller than that of the classical EVI-estimators, even for small values of \(k\). They are thus a nice basis to build alternative VaR-estimators not only around optimal levels, but for other levels too.The new VaR-estimators are compared with the classical ones, not only asymptotically, but also for finite samples, through Monte-Carlo techniques.
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Research partially supported by National Funds through FCT—Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, projects PEst-OE /MAT /UI0006 /2011, 2014 (CEAUL) and EXTREMA, PTDC /MAT /101736 /2008.
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Gomes, M.I., Brilhante, M.F., Pestana, D. (2015). A Mean-of-Order-\(p\) Class of Value-at-Risk Estimators. In: Kitsos, C., Oliveira, T., Rigas, A., Gulati, S. (eds) Theory and Practice of Risk Assessment. Springer Proceedings in Mathematics & Statistics, vol 136. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18029-8_23
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