"Modeling Size-of-Loss Distributions for Exact Data in WinBUGS" by David P.M. Scollnik

Department of Finance

 

Date of this Version

2002

Document Type

Article

Citation

Journal of Actuarial Practice 10 (2002), pp. 193-218

Comments

Copyright 2002 Absalom Press

Abstract

This paper discusses how the statistical software WinBUGS can be used to implement a Bayesian analysis of several popular severity models applied to exact size-of-Ioss data. The particular models targeted are the gamma, inverse gamma, loggamma, lognormal, (two-parameter) Pareto, inverse (two-parameter) Pareto, Weibull, and inverse Weibull distributions. It is possible to implement additional size-of-Ioss models (including those for truncated data) using methods analogous to those described herein.

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