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Empirical estimator of diversification quotient

The Diversification Quotient (DQ), introduced by Han et al. (2025), is a recently proposed measure of portfolio diversification that quantifies the reduction in a portfolio’s risk-level parameter attributable to diversification. Grounded in a rigorous theoretical framework, DQ effectively captures h

Holy Grail Math 8.5 Rigor 6.5 ·  June 25, 2025

The checkerboard copula and dependence concepts

We study the problem of choosing the copula when the marginal distributions of a random vector are not all continuous. Inspired by four motivating examples including simulation from copulas, stress scenarios, co-risk measures, and dependence measures, we propose to use the checkerboard copula, that

Holy Grail Math 7.5 Rigor 5 ·  April 23, 2024

Diversification quotients based on VaR and ES

The diversification quotient (DQ) is recently introduced for quantifying the degree of diversification of a stochastic portfolio model. It has an axiomatic foundation and can be defined through a parametric class of risk measures. Since the Value-at-Risk (VaR) and the Expected Shortfall (ES) are the

Lab Rats Math 8 Rigor 3 ·  January 9, 2023

Risk sharing, measuring variability, and distortion riskmetrics

We address the problem of sharing risk among agents with preferences modelled by a general class of comonotonic additive and law-based functionals that need not be either monotone or convex. Such functionals are called distortion riskmetrics, which include many statistical measures of risk and varia

Lab Rats Math 8.5 Rigor 2.5 ·  February 8, 2023

The optimal reinsurance strategy with price-competition between two reinsurers

We study optimal reinsurance in the framework of stochastic game theory, in which there is an insurer and two reinsurers. A Stackelberg model is established to analyze the non-cooperative relationship between the insurer and reinsurers, where the insurer is considered as the follower and the reinsur

Lab Rats Math 8 Rigor 2.5 ·  April 30, 2023

Pairwise counter-monotonicity

We systematically study pairwise counter-monotonicity, an extremal notion of negative dependence. A stochastic representation and an invariance property are established for this dependence structure. We show that pairwise counter-monotonicity implies negative association, and it is equivalent to joi

Lab Rats Math 8.5 Rigor 2 ·  February 22, 2023

Optimal risk sharing, equilibria, and welfare with empirically realistic risk attitudes

This paper examines optimal risk sharing for empirically realistic risk attitudes, providing results on Pareto optimality, competitive equilibria, utility frontiers, and the first and second theorems of welfare. Contrary to common theoretical assumptions, empirical studies find prevailing risk seeki

Lab Rats Math 8.5 Rigor 1.5 ·  January 6, 2024

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