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Differentiability of expected utility functions,<br />

338, 350<br />

Differentiation and integration interchangeability,<br />

209, 344, 348, 349, 360<br />

Disutility, 347<br />

Disutility of regret, 579<br />

Diversification, 83, 175, 176, 206, 208, 210,<br />

211, 240, 277-289, 333, 334, 337; 347,<br />

357, 360, 361, 378, 379<br />

Dollar averaging, 442<br />

Dollar cost averaging, 211<br />

Dual variables, 6, 68, 69<br />

Dynamic programming, 7-9, 43-55, 62-65,<br />

189-191, 434, 438, 439, 442, 450, 688<br />

Dynamic stochastic programming,see Stochastic<br />

dynamic programming<br />

E<br />

Efficiency criteria, see Stochastic dominance<br />

Efficient frontier, 135, 139, 166, 179<br />

Efficient sets, 89, 90, 170, 334, 335, 607, 608<br />

Efficient surface, 249, 250, 333, 335<br />

Ergodic theorem, 444, 691-692<br />

Expected utility theorem, 3-5, 11-21, 57, 60,<br />

368, 415<br />

F<br />

Farkas' lemma, 5, 71, 72<br />

Financial intermediation, 211, 344, 345<br />

Fisher's theory of savings, 429, 430<br />

Foreign exchange, 84, 85, 180, 183-185<br />

Fractional programming, 179, 245, 331<br />

Frank-Wolfe algorithm, 6, 38, 68, 209, 210,<br />

212, 349, 350, 357, 358<br />

Friedman-Savage paradox, 3, 58, 61<br />

G<br />

Generalized convex functions, 23-41, 56,<br />

58-60, 68-70, 73<br />

Generalized risk measure, 351<br />

Geometric Brownian motion, 621, 622, 642,<br />

649, 654, 657<br />

Geometric mean criterion, 447-451, 593-598,<br />

671-675, 696-698<br />

Global optimality, 5, 23-41, 60<br />

Hessian matrix, 5, 28, 70, 280, 331, 362<br />

Homogeneous risk measures, 86, 173, 174<br />

H<br />

Horse lotteries, 3, 12-21<br />

Hyperbolic absolute risk aversion, 169, 370,<br />

401-411, 422-424, 450, 451, 622, 637,<br />

639, 640, 642, 651<br />

I<br />

Increasing absolute risk aversion, 96, 123-127,<br />

178, 187, 212-214, 298, 300, 302, 303,<br />

407, 475<br />

Increasing relative risk aversion, 85, 123-128,<br />

183-185, 187, 188, 198, 212-214,<br />

293-297, 301-303, 306, 433, 501-514,<br />

617, 682<br />

Induced utility functions, see Utility functions<br />

Inferior goods, 84, 174<br />

Infinite horizon dynamic programming, 8,75-77<br />

Insurance, 3, 84, 85, 174, 175, 180, 430<br />

Insurance premium, see Risk premium<br />

Interest rates, 439, 440, 668, 669, 689, 690<br />

Isoelastic utility function, see Constant relative<br />

risk aversion<br />

Ito process, 454-457, 622, 623<br />

J<br />

Jensen's inequality, 4, 58, 109, 356, 677, 680<br />

K<br />

Kelly criterion, 447-451, 599-617, 671-675,<br />

696-698<br />

Kuhn-Tucker conditions, 5, 23-32, 59-61, 71,<br />

72, 173,207, 251,323,327,333,334,336,<br />

337, 339, 356, 357, 361, 519, 671, 673<br />

L<br />

Lagrangian, 5, 8, 60, 62, 63, 69, 333, 362<br />

Linear complementarity problem, 86, 196<br />

Linear programming, 8, 62-64, 368, 380, 431,<br />

439, 440, 445, 683, 684-688<br />

Linear utility functions, see Utility functions<br />

Linear risk tolerance, see Hyperbolic absolute<br />

risk aversion<br />

Liquidity considerations, 432, 663, 664<br />

Local optima, 60<br />

Local propensity to insure, 119, see also Risk<br />

premium<br />

Local risk aversion, see Risk aversion, measures<br />

of<br />

Local separation, 158, 159, 167, 168, 190, 191,<br />

see also Separation theorems<br />

716 INDEX

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