An Optimal Three-Way Stable and Monotonic Spectrum of Bounds on Quantiles: A Spectrum of Coherent Measures of Financial Risk and Economic Inequality

Iosif Pinelis
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Iosif Pinelis: Department of Mathematical Sciences, Michigan Technological University, 1400 Townsend Drive, Houghton, MI 49931, USA

Risks, 2014, vol. 2, issue 3, 1-44

Abstract: A spectrum of upper bounds ( Q ? ( X ; p) ? ?[0 , ?] on the (largest) (1-p)-quantile Q ( X ; p ) of an arbitrary random variable X is introduced and shown to be stable and monotonic in ? , p , and X , with Q 0 ( X ;p) = Q ( X ; p ). If p is small enough and the distribution of X is regular enough, then Q ? (X ; p) is rather close to Q ( X ; p ). Moreover, these quantile bounds are coherent measures of risk. Furthermore, Q ? (X ; p ) is the optimal value in a certain minimization problem, the minimizers in which are described in detail. This allows of a comparatively easy incorporation of these bounds into more specialized optimization problems. In finance, Q 0 ( X ; p ) and Q 1 ( X ; p ) are known as the value at risk (VaR) and the conditional value at risk (CVaR). The bounds Q ? (X ; p ) can also be used as measures of economic inequality. The spectrum parameter ? plays the role of an index of sensitivity to risk. The problems of the effective computation of the bounds are considered. Various other related results are obtained.

Keywords: quantile bounds; coherent measures of risk; sensitivity to risk; measures of economic inequality; value at risk (VaR); conditional value at risk (CVaR); stochastic dominance; stochastic orders (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C G0 G1 G2 G3 K2 M2 M4 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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