Risk Measures & Extreme Value Theory (EVT) in Finance A Practical Guide to Tail Risk, Crisis Modeling, and Quantitative Risk Management

Reactive Publishing

Financial markets are dominated by uncertainty, fat tails, and rare but catastrophic events. Traditional risk models often fail to capture extreme losses, leading to underestimation of black swan events and systemic crises. Extreme Value Theory (EVT) and advanced risk measures provide the mathematical tools necessary to quantify tail risk, assess market crashes, and build more resilient financial models.

This book bridges the gap between theoretical risk modeling and practical applications, equipping finance professionals with statistical techniques and Python implementations to analyze extreme market movements, portfolio drawdowns, and systemic contagion risks.

Core Risk Measures in Finance - Value at Risk (VaR), Conditional VaR (CVaR), and Expected Shortfall
Extreme Value Theory (EVT) Fundamentals - Block maxima method, Peaks Over Threshold (POT), and Generalized Extreme Value (GEV) distribution
Modeling Financial Crashes & Tail Risk - Identify, predict, and hedge against extreme losses
Fat Tails & Heavy-Tailed Distributions - Lévy processes, Pareto distributions, and power laws in market data
Copula Models for Dependence Structures - Quantify multi-asset risk and tail dependencies
Stress Testing & Crisis Simulation - Use EVT-based Monte Carlo simulations to model financial crises
Python Implementations & Case Studies - Hands-on coding with SciPy, NumPy, and EVT-specific libraries

Risk Managers & Portfolio Analysts - Improve financial stability by correctly measuring tail risk
Traders & Hedge Fund Analysts - Optimize strategies by understanding extreme price movements
Quantitative Researchers & Data Scientists - Develop robust statistical models for extreme risk events
Students & Academics in Quant Finance & Statistics - Master EVT for financial applications

With clear explanations, real-world financial case studies, and hands-on Python implementations, this book transforms EVT and risk measures into actionable tools for risk management and trading strategies.

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