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. 2015 Nov 12;4:696. doi: 10.1186/s40064-015-1306-y

Table 4.

Risk measures (VaR and ES are in percentages)

Probability Value at risk (VaR) Expected shortfall (ES)
Measures of risk—right tail distribution (GPD fit)
 0.950 1.392526 3.549663
 0.975 2.079958 5.427241
 0.990 3.602491 9.585723
 0.995 5.509216 14.793548
 0.999 15.020921 40.772793
Measures of risk—left tail distribution (GPD fit)
 0.950 1.3429886 3.081368
 0.975 2.1260213 4.492982
 0.990 3.6116033 7.171118
 0.995 5.2149448 10.061545
 0.999 11.5398391 21.463761