Application of Vine Copulas to Credit Portfolio Risk Modeling

In this paper, we demonstrate the superiority of vine copulas over conventional copulas when modeling the dependence structure of a credit portfolio. We show statistical and economic implications of replacing conventional copulas by vine copulas for a subportfolio of the Euro Stoxx 50 and the S&...

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Main Authors: Marco Geidosch, Matthias Fischer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2016-06-01
Series:Journal of Risk and Financial Management
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1911-8074/9/2/4