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2006
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Utility maximization and risk minimization in life and pension insurance
We study the problem of finding optimal strategies for a life insurance company or pension fund that acts on behalf of an insured so as to maximize the expected utility (in a gene...
Peter Holm Nielsen
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2006
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Bounds for Functions of Dependent Risks
Abstract The problem of finding the best-possible lower bound on the distribution of a non-decreasing function of n dependent risks is solved when n = 2 and a lower bound on the co...
Paul Embrechts, Giovanni Puccetti
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2006
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Generic market models
Abstract. Currently, there are two market models for valuation and risk management of interest rate derivatives, the LIBOR and swap market models. We introduce arbitrage-free const...
Raoul Pietersz, Marcel van Regenmortel
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2006
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Asymmetric Information in Fads Models
Fads models were introduced by Shiller (1984) and Summers (1986) as plausible alternatives to the efficient markets/constant expected returns assumptions. Under these models, loga...
Paolo Guasoni
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2006
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Asymptotic behaviour of mean-quantile efficient portfolios
In this paper we investigate portfolio optimization in a Black-Scholes continuoustime setting under quantile based risk measures: value at risk, capital at risk and relative value...
Gordana Dmitrasinovic-Vidovic, Antony Ware
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2006
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A super-replication theorem in Kabanov's model of transaction costs
We prove a general version of the super-replication theorem, which applies to Kabanov's model of foreign exchange markets under proportional transaction costs. The market is ...
Luciano Campi, Walter Schachermayer
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2006
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Comparison of Option Prices in Semimartingale Models
In this paper we generalize recent comparison results of El Karoui, Jeanblanc-Picqu
Jan Bergenthum, Ludger Rüschendorf