How Unlucky is 25-Sigma?

Posted: 21 May 2019

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Kevin Dowd

Nottingham University Business School (NUBS)

John Cotter

University College Dublin

Christopher Humphrey

The University of Manchester - Division of Accounting and Finance

Margaret Woods

Aston Business School

Date Written: March 24, 2008

Abstract

How unlikely is a 25 sigma event?

Keywords: risk

JEL Classification: G01, G1

Suggested Citation

Dowd, Kevin and Cotter, John and Humphrey, Christopher and Woods, Margaret, How Unlucky is 25-Sigma? (March 24, 2008). https://doi.org/10.3905/jpm.2008.709984, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1517146 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1517146

Kevin Dowd

Nottingham University Business School (NUBS) ( email )

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John Cotter (Contact Author)

University College Dublin ( email )

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Christopher Humphrey

The University of Manchester - Division of Accounting and Finance ( email )

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Manchester M13 9PL
United Kingdom

Margaret Woods

Aston Business School ( email )

Aston Business School
Aston Triangle
Birmingham, B4 7ET
United Kingdom