Research Article

Risk Quantification and Bayesian Calibration: Assessing Tail Risk across Market Regimes

Volume: 11 Number: 3 September 30, 2026
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Risk Quantification and Bayesian Calibration: Assessing Tail Risk across Market Regimes

Abstract

Post-pandemic volatility clustering highlights the gap between static governance and quantitative risk measurement. This paper proposes a synthesized framework utilizing complementary components of classical risk measurement and Bayesian inference. First, applying Lagrangian optimization, we illustrate the sensitivity of static mean-variance allocations to regime-specific sample moments. Second, we introduce Expected Shortfall as a complementary theoretical measure and GARCH specifications to account for time-varying conditional variance. Crucially, we complement standard VaR backtesting with a Beta-Binomial conjugate prior framework to calibrate risk exposures. Utilizing S&P 500 daily returns, we demonstrate how this mechanism quantifies the uncertainty surrounding the VaR violation probability. Relative to the 1.0% expectation, the traditional 21-Day Rolling VaR yields a Bayesian breach-rate adjustment factor of 2.40x, whereas the GARCH(1,1) specification lowers this to 1.80x. Ultimately, by bridging the gap between ex-ante predictions and realized shocks, this Bayesian recalibration loop may provide a data-driven approach to ex-post risk calibration.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Finance

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

September 30, 2026

Submission Date

March 1, 2026

Acceptance Date

September 24, 2026

Published in Issue

Year 2026 Volume: 11 Number: 3

APA
Jin, H., Siddiqi, H., Anwar, S., & Huang, J. (2026). Risk Quantification and Bayesian Calibration: Assessing Tail Risk across Market Regimes. Ekonomi Politika Ve Finans Araştırmaları Dergisi, 11(3), 800-821. https://doi.org/10.30784/epfad.1900203
AMA
1.Jin H, Siddiqi H, Anwar S, Huang J. Risk Quantification and Bayesian Calibration: Assessing Tail Risk across Market Regimes. EPF Journal. 2026;11(3):800-821. doi:10.30784/epfad.1900203
Chicago
Jin, Hao, Hammad Siddiqi, Sajid Anwar, and Jingdong Huang. 2026. “Risk Quantification and Bayesian Calibration: Assessing Tail Risk across Market Regimes”. Ekonomi Politika Ve Finans Araştırmaları Dergisi 11 (3): 800-821. https://doi.org/10.30784/epfad.1900203.
EndNote
Jin H, Siddiqi H, Anwar S, Huang J (September 1, 2026) Risk Quantification and Bayesian Calibration: Assessing Tail Risk across Market Regimes. Ekonomi Politika ve Finans Araştırmaları Dergisi 11 3 800–821.
IEEE
[1]H. Jin, H. Siddiqi, S. Anwar, and J. Huang, “Risk Quantification and Bayesian Calibration: Assessing Tail Risk across Market Regimes”, EPF Journal, vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 800–821, Sept. 2026, doi: 10.30784/epfad.1900203.
ISNAD
Jin, Hao - Siddiqi, Hammad - Anwar, Sajid - Huang, Jingdong. “Risk Quantification and Bayesian Calibration: Assessing Tail Risk across Market Regimes”. Ekonomi Politika ve Finans Araştırmaları Dergisi 11/3 (September 1, 2026): 800-821. https://doi.org/10.30784/epfad.1900203.
JAMA
1.Jin H, Siddiqi H, Anwar S, Huang J. Risk Quantification and Bayesian Calibration: Assessing Tail Risk across Market Regimes. EPF Journal. 2026;11:800–821.
MLA
Jin, Hao, et al. “Risk Quantification and Bayesian Calibration: Assessing Tail Risk across Market Regimes”. Ekonomi Politika Ve Finans Araştırmaları Dergisi, vol. 11, no. 3, Sept. 2026, pp. 800-21, doi:10.30784/epfad.1900203.
Vancouver
1.Hao Jin, Hammad Siddiqi, Sajid Anwar, Jingdong Huang. Risk Quantification and Bayesian Calibration: Assessing Tail Risk across Market Regimes. EPF Journal. 2026 Sep. 1;11(3):800-21. doi:10.30784/epfad.1900203