Short Communication: Minimal Quantile Functions Subject to Stochastic Dominance Constraints

Xiangyu Wang, Jianming Xia, Zuo Quan Xu, Zhou Yang

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Abstract

We consider a problem of finding a second-order stochastic dominance (SSD)-minimal quantile function subject to the mixture of first-order stochastic dominance (FSD) and SSD constraints. The SSD-minimal solution is explicitly worked out and has a close relation to the Skorokhod problem. This result is then applied to explicitly solve a risk minimizing problem in financial economics.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)SC87-SC98
Number of pages12
JournalSIAM Journal on Financial Mathematics
Volume13
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2022

Keywords

  • complete market
  • risk minimizing
  • Skorokhod lemma
  • SSD-minimal
  • stochastic dominance

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Numerical Analysis
  • Finance
  • Applied Mathematics

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