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Table 3 Parameter estimation and KS test results of loss severity distributions

From: Operational risk assessment of third-party payment platforms: a case study of China

Loss part

Distribution

Parameter value

KS test

AD test

HFLI losses

Lognormal

\(\mu = { - 2}{\text{.31}}\)

\(\sigma = {2}{\text{.23}}\)

0.07 (0.41)

1.01 (0.35)

Gamma

\(\alpha = {0}{\text{.01}}\)

\(\beta = {0}{\text{.55}}\)

0.07 (0.34)

1.22 (0.26)

Weibull

\(k = {0}{\text{.32}}\)

\(\lambda = {0}{\text{.06}}\)

0.07 (0.40)

1.09 (0.31)

LFHI losses

GPD

\(\xi = {0}{\text{.35}}\)

\(\sigma = {7}{\text{.88}}\)

0.09 (0.88)

0.41(0.84)

  1. The values \(\mu ,\sigma ,\alpha ,\beta ,k,\lambda\) are parameters of three doubly-truncated severity distributions, the values \(\xi ,\sigma\) are parameters of GPD; () is the P-value of KS and AD tests.