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Jessica Leung

Monash University - Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics

900 Dandenong Road

Caulfield East, 3145

Australia

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

9

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Scholarly Papers (9)

1.

Forecasting Financial Risk Using Quantile Random Forests

Journal of Forecasting, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 17 Jan 2023 Last Revised: 16 Mar 2026
Robert James and Jessica Leung
The University of Sydney and Monash University - Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics
Downloads 503 (143,016)

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Machine Learning, Risk Management, Value-at-Risk, Expected Shortfall

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Forecasting Tail Risk Measures for Financial Time Series: An Extreme Value Approach With Covariates

Journal of Empirical Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 09 Aug 2021 Last Revised: 27 Mar 2024
The University of Sydney, University of Sydney Business School, Monash University - Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics and University of Sydney Business School
Downloads 268 (287,269)

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Value-at-Risk, Expected Shortfall, GARCH models, extreme value theory, variable selection, regularization

3.

Market Timing with Bi-Objective Cost-Sensitive Machine Learning

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 06 Sep 2023 Last Revised: 26 Nov 2025
Robert James, Jessica Leung and Artem Prokhorov
The University of Sydney, Monash University - Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics and The University of Sydney
Downloads 182 (442,467)

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Return Prediction, Machine Learning, Gradient Boosting, Bi-objective Optimization, Expected Shortfall, Options Market,

4.

Refining Tail Risk Measures From the Generalized Pareto Distribution

Number of pages: 10 Posted: 05 Oct 2021 Last Revised: 25 Jul 2024
Robert James and Jessica Leung
The University of Sydney and Monash University - Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics
Downloads 142 (518,102)

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Extreme value theory, consistent scoring functions, generalized Pareto distribution, financial risk, financial engineering, insurance

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Assessing Degree of Overall Prospect for Merger and Acquisition of Managed Funds: A Relative Performance Perspective

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 07 Jul 2023
Don U. A. Galagedera, Jessica Leung and Farshid Vahid
Monash University - Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics, Monash University - Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics and Monash University - Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics
Downloads 118 (604,538)

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Data envelopment analysis, mergers and acquisitions, degree of overall prospect for merger, degree of overall prospect for acquisition

6.

Supplementary Material for 'Forecasting Financial Risk Using Quantile Random Forests'

Number of pages: 11 Posted: 19 Jan 2023 Last Revised: 02 Mar 2026
Robert James and Jessica Leung
The University of Sydney and Monash University - Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics
Downloads 52 (1,041,696)

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Supplementary Materials for "Refining Tail Risk Measures From the Generalized Pareto Distribution"

Number of pages: 6 Posted: 24 Jul 2024
Robert James and Jessica Leung
The University of Sydney and Monash University - Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics
Downloads 24 (1,411,822)

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Extreme value theory, consistent scoring functions, generalized Pareto distribution, financial risk, insurance

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Persistent and transient inefficiency in China’s provincial energy demand: A four-component stochastic frontier model

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 16 Jan 2026
Monash University - Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics, Beijing Normal-Hong Kong Baptist University, Monash University - Department of Economics, City University of Hong Kong (CityU), Federation University Australia - Federation Business School and Monash University
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Bayesian estimation, Energy consumption frontier, Energy efficiency, Inefficiency determinants

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A New Metric for Merger-Gain Assessment Under the VRS Technology Conditional on Individual Rationalisation

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 16 Oct 2025
Don U. A. Galagedera and Jessica Leung
Monash University - Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics and Monash University - Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics
Downloads 20 (1,448,301)

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Gain from Merger, Data Envelopment Analysis, Variable Returns to Scale Technology