Simulating sensitivities of Conditional value at risk
Research output: Journal Publications and Reviews (RGC: 21, 22, 62) › 21_Publication in refereed journal › peer-review
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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 281-293 |
| Journal / Publication | Management Science |
| Volume | 55 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Publication status | Published - Feb 2009 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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Abstract
Conditional value at risk (CVaR) is both a coherent risk measure and a natural risk statistic. It is often used to measure the risk associated with large losses. In this paper, we study how to estimate the sensitivities of CVaR using Monte Carlo simulation. We first prove that the CVaR sensitivity can be written as a conditional expectation for general loss distributions. We then propose an estimator of the CVaR sensitivity and analyze its asymptotic properties. The numerical results show that the estimator works well. Furthermore, we demonstrate how to use the estimator to solve optimization problems with CVaR objective and/or constraints, and compare it to a popular linear programming-based algorithm. © 2009 INFORMS.
Research Area(s)
- Applications, Portfolio, Simulation, Statistical analysis
Citation Format(s)
Simulating sensitivities of Conditional value at risk. / Hong, L. Jeff; Liu, Guangwu.
In: Management Science, Vol. 55, No. 2, 02.2009, p. 281-293.Research output: Journal Publications and Reviews (RGC: 21, 22, 62) › 21_Publication in refereed journal › peer-review
