Conditional value at risk and related linear programming models for portfolio optimization

Renata Mansini (), Wlodzimierz Ogryczak () and M. Speranza ()

Annals of Operations Research, 2007, vol. 152, issue 1, 227-256

Abstract: Many risk measures have been recently introduced which (for discrete random variables) result in Linear Programs (LP). While some LP computable risk measures may be viewed as approximations to the variance (e.g., the mean absolute deviation or the Gini’s mean absolute difference), shortfall or quantile risk measures are recently gaining more popularity in various financial applications. In this paper we study LP solvable portfolio optimization models based on extensions of the Conditional Value at Risk (CVaR) measure. The models use multiple CVaR measures thus allowing for more detailed risk aversion modeling. We study both the theoretical properties of the models and their performance on real-life data. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2007

Keywords: Portfolio optimization; Mean-risk models; Linear programming; Stochastic dominance; Conditional Value at Risk; Gini’s mean difference (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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DOI: 10.1007/s10479-006-0142-4

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