On data-driven robust distortion risk measures for non-negative risks with partial information

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Main Authors: Han, Xiangyu, Hu, Yijun, Wang, Ran, Wei, Linxiao
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author Han, Xiangyu
Hu, Yijun
Wang, Ran
Wei, Linxiao
author_facet Han, Xiangyu
Hu, Yijun
Wang, Ran
Wei, Linxiao
contents In this paper, by proposing two new kinds of distributional uncertainty sets, we explore robustness of distortion risk measures against distributional uncertainty. To be precise, we first consider a distributional uncertainty set which is characterized solely by a ball determined by general Wasserstein distance centered at certain empirical distribution function, and then further consider additional constraints of known first moment and any other higher moment of the underlying loss distribution function. Under the assumption that the distortion function is strictly concave and twice differentiable, and that the underlying loss random variable is non-negative and bounded, we derive closed-form expressions for the distribution functions which maximize a given distortion risk measure over the distributional uncertainty sets respectively. Moreover, we continue to study the general case of a concave distortion function and unbounded loss random variables. Comparisons with existing studies are also made. Finally, we provide a numerical study to illustrate the proposed models and results. Our work provides a novel generalization of several known achievements in the literature.
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spellingShingle On data-driven robust distortion risk measures for non-negative risks with partial information
Han, Xiangyu
Hu, Yijun
Wang, Ran
Wei, Linxiao
Risk Management
Mathematical Finance
91G70, 91G05
G.3.3
In this paper, by proposing two new kinds of distributional uncertainty sets, we explore robustness of distortion risk measures against distributional uncertainty. To be precise, we first consider a distributional uncertainty set which is characterized solely by a ball determined by general Wasserstein distance centered at certain empirical distribution function, and then further consider additional constraints of known first moment and any other higher moment of the underlying loss distribution function. Under the assumption that the distortion function is strictly concave and twice differentiable, and that the underlying loss random variable is non-negative and bounded, we derive closed-form expressions for the distribution functions which maximize a given distortion risk measure over the distributional uncertainty sets respectively. Moreover, we continue to study the general case of a concave distortion function and unbounded loss random variables. Comparisons with existing studies are also made. Finally, we provide a numerical study to illustrate the proposed models and results. Our work provides a novel generalization of several known achievements in the literature.
title On data-driven robust distortion risk measures for non-negative risks with partial information
topic Risk Management
Mathematical Finance
91G70, 91G05
G.3.3
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.10682