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To use past data to predict future events. Researchers use back testing to find relationships between apparently unrelated events and determine if one causes the other. One may conduct back testing to inform one's investment decisions or strategy, though the practice is not always accurate because a great number of inputs cause economic events.
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(2017), 'Backtesting European Stress Tests', Working Paper Series, No 23083, National Bureau of Economic Research, January; Niepmann, F.
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* VaR Backtesting: Value-at-RIsk estimation depends on the following features: data set, confidence level ([alpha]), estimation window (WE) and distribution parameters (if any).
In addition, the market risk measurement model used in a bank should be subject to the process of backtesting, which compares the VaR forecasts with the actual rate of return from an asset.