Beyond normality: Capital market Value-at-Risk modelling using symmetric and asymmetric Laplace distributions
By: Jan Kaczmarzyk
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Submitted on: Nov 25, 2025
Accepted on: Apr 23, 2026
Published on: Jun 30, 2026
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