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Index 
Kane, A., 139 
Kani, I., 76, 353 
Kealhofer, S., 273 
Kendall, M. G., 220 
Kendall, R., 392 
Key risk indicator, 333, 469 
Kidder Peabody, 345, 354, 395. 396, 
399, 400 
Kleinstein, A.D., 106 
Kluppelberg, C, 230 
KRI, see Key risk indicator 
Kupiec, P., 210, 213 
Kurtosis, 119, 371,469 
Lando, D., 421 
Laurent, J.-R, 317 
Leeson, Nick, 48, 322, 373, 395, 397 
Leptokurtic distribution, 119 
LGD, see Loss given default 
Li, D.X., 317 
LIBID, see London interbank bid 
rate 
LIBOR, see London interbank 
offered rate 
LIBOR yield curve, 88, 469 
LIBOR/swap yield curve, 88, 89, 469 
LIBOR-in-arrears swap, 346, 469 
Linear Model, 237-38, 242 
Linear product, 57, 469 
Liquidity-adjusted VaR, 355, 469 
Liquidity black holes, 356-61, 469 
Liquidity funding problems, 361 
Liquidity preference theory 22, 469 
Liquidity premium, 469 
Liquidity risk, 354-62, 402-4, 469 
Litterman, R., 273 
Litzenberger, R.H., 50, 391, 393 
Ljung, G. M., 133 
Ljung-Box statistic, 133 
Loan losses, 16 
Lognormal probability distribution, 
328, 469 
London interbank bid rate, 87, 469 
London interbank offered rate, 37, 
87-89, 469 
Long position, 32, 42, 469 
Longin, F. M., 214 
Long-run variance rate, 122 
Longstaff, F.A., 106 
Long-Term Capital Management, 
285, 360-61, 373, 396, 402 
Lookback option, 47, 470 
Lopez, J. A., 184, 192 
Loss frequency distribution, 327 
Loss given default, 183-86, 470 
Loss severity distribution, 327 
LTCM, see Long-Term Capital 
Management 
Luciano, E., 161 
MA, see Maturity adjustment 
Maintenance margin, 470 
Margin, 31, 470 
Margin call, 470 
Marginal distribution, 152 
Marginal value at risk, 206, 470 
Mark, R., 192 
Market discipline, 179, 190-91 
Market maker, 28, 38, 470 
Market model, 470 
Market portfolio, 9, 470 
Market risk, 217-52, 470 
Market risk capital, 
economic, 368-69 
regulatory, 176-78 
Marking to market, 364, 400, 470 
Marking to model, 364, 400 
Markowitz, H., 3, 23, 233 
Marshall, C, 214 
Matten, C, 380, 381 
Maturity date, 40, 470 
Maturity adjustment, 184 
Maude, D.J., 214 
Maximum-likelihood methods, 
127-33, 225, 227-28, 470 
McDonald, R., 392 
McNeil, A. J., 162, 230