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Decomposing aggregate risk into marginal risks under partial information: A top-down method

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This paper proposes a method to decompose a square-integrable random variable into any number of marginal random variables under partial information restrictions. An executable algorithm and a concrete example of the capital allocation problem are also provided.

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  • Shao, Hui, 2017. "Decomposing aggregate risk into marginal risks under partial information: A top-down method," Statistics & Probability Letters, Elsevier, vol. 124(C), pages 97-100.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:stapro:v:124:y:2017:i:c:p:97-100
    DOI: 10.1016/j.spl.2017.01.015
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