Patterns in the Turkish reinsurance claim data, 1998-2002: An application of the extreme value theory

2006-10-01
Başbuğ Erkan, Berna Burçak
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The devastating 1999 Marmara and Duzce earthquakes led to a significant increase in the earthquake studies in Turkey in geological, engineering and financial aspects. Extreme Value Theory (EVT) has a range of applications from stock market changes to natural disasters like floods and hurricanes. Here EVT is fitted to the ordinary and earthquake reinsurance claims of Turkey.
Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous), Atmospheric Science, Water Science and Technology
https://hdl.handle.net/11511/69484
NATURAL HAZARDS
Department of Statistics, Article

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B. B. Başbuğ Erkan, “Patterns in the Turkish reinsurance claim data, 1998-2002: An application of the extreme value theory,” NATURAL HAZARDS, pp. 329–342, 2006, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/69484.
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