Matlab and Python Chapter 9. Extreme Value Theory

Chapter 9. Extreme Value Theory

Matlab and Python

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Listing 9.1/9.2
% Hill estimator in MATLAB
ysort = sort(y);                            % sort the returns
CT = 100;                                   % set the threshold
iota = 1/mean(log(ysort(1:CT)/ysort(CT+1))) % get the tail index
Listing 9.1/9.2
Hill estimator in Python
ysort = np.sort(y)                                # sort the returns
CT = 100                                          # set the threshold
iota = 1/(np.mean(np.log(ysort[0:CT]/ysort[CT]))) # get the tail index
print(iota) 


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