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List of Figures<br />

3.1 <strong>Tail</strong> index estimators ˆν (Hill’s estimator) for the upper tails of index<br />

S&P 500 and 9 major assets included plotted in dependence of threshold<br />

k on a time interval ranging from July 1985 to April 2008. . . . . . . . 25<br />

3.2 <strong>Tail</strong> index estimators ˆ b γ n<br />

(Gabaix’s estimator) for the upper tails of index<br />

S&P 500 and 9 major assets included plotted in dependence of threshold<br />

k on a time interval ranging from July 1985 to April 2008. . . . . . . . 26<br />

3.3 <strong>Tail</strong> index estimators ˆν (Hill’s estimator) for the lower tails of index S&P<br />

500 and 9 major assets included plotted in dependence of threshold k on<br />

a time interval ranging from July 1985 to April 2008. . . . . . . . . . . 26<br />

3.4 <strong>Tail</strong> index estimators ˆ b γ n (Gabaix’s estimator) for the lower tails of index<br />

S&P 500 and 9 major assets included plotted in dependence of threshold<br />

k on a time interval ranging from July 1985 to April 2008. . . . . . . . 27<br />

3.5 ˆ l(k) = Xk,N/Yk,N with k = 1 . . .150 (k/N = 0% . . .6%) for the lower<br />

tail of all assets with the index S&P 500 on the smaller data set ranging<br />

3.6<br />

from January 1991 up to December 2000. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<br />

ˆ<br />

� 1 k Xj,N<br />

l(k) = k j=1 with k = 1 . . .150 (or k/N = 0% . . .6%) for the lower<br />

Yj,N<br />

tail of all assets with the index S&P 500 on the smaller data set ranging<br />

32<br />

3.7<br />

from January 1991 up to December 2000. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<br />

ˆl(k)c =<br />

32<br />

1 �k Xj,N<br />

k−c+1 j=Y with k = 13 . . .150 (or k/N = 0.5% . . .6%),<br />

Yj,N<br />

and c = [0.05 · N] ([·] denotes integer numbers) applied to the lower tail<br />

of all assets with the index S&P 500 on the smaller data set ranging from<br />

3.8<br />

January 1991 up to December 2000. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<br />

ˆ 1<br />

λ(k) = � �ˆν with k = 1 . . .343 (or k/N = 0% . . .6%), applied to<br />

33<br />

max<br />

1, l<br />

ˆβ<br />

the lower tail of all assets with the index S&P 500 on the bigger data set<br />

ranging from July 1985 to April 2008. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37<br />

3.9 λ(k) = 1<br />

� �ˆν with k = 1 . . .343 (or k/N = 0% . . .6%), applied to<br />

max<br />

1, ˆ l<br />

ˆβ<br />

the lower tail of all assets with the index S&P 500 on the bigger data set<br />

ranging from July 1985 to April 2008. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37<br />

3.10 λ(k) = 1<br />

� �ˆν with k = 29 . . .343 (or k/N = 0.5% . . .6%) and c =<br />

max<br />

1, ˆ lĉ<br />

β<br />

[0.005 · N] ([·] denotes integer numbers), applied to the lower tail of all<br />

assets with the index S&P 500 on the bigger data set ranging from July<br />

1985 to April 2008. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38<br />

3.11 β(N) estimated for 9 assets X and index S&P 500 Y using the linear<br />

single factor model: X = β·Y +ε for rolling time horizon windows of S =<br />

2500 considered data points from N = (1 . . .S), (2 . . .S +1), . . .,(5736−<br />

S + 1 . . .5736) or a total time interval from July 1985 to Mars 2008. . . 43<br />

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