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Risk analysis and the NIG distribution

Jostein Lillestøl

ABSTRACT

The normal inverse Gaussian (NIG) distribution introduced by Barndorff-Nielsen (1997) is a promising alternative for modeling financial data exhibiting skewness and fat tails. In this paper, risk analysis and portfolio choice are discussed in a NIG context.

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