A simple and focused backtest of value at risk

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2015

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We suggest a simple improvement of recent VaR-backtesting procedures based on time intervals between VaR-exceedances and show via Monte Carlo that our test has more power than its competitors against empirically relevant clustering alternatives.

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backtesting, value at risk, power

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