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Archimedean copulas in finite and infinite dimensions—with application to ruin problems

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  • Constantinescu, Corina
  • Hashorva, Enkelejd
  • Ji, Lanpeng

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In this paper we discuss the link between Archimedean copulas and L1 Dirichlet distributions for both finite and infinite dimensions. With motivation from the recent papers Weng et al. (2009) and Albrecher et al. (2011) we apply our results to certain ruin problems.

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  • Constantinescu, Corina & Hashorva, Enkelejd & Ji, Lanpeng, 2011. "Archimedean copulas in finite and infinite dimensions—with application to ruin problems," Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 49(3), pages 487-495.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:insuma:v:49:y:2011:i:3:p:487-495
    DOI: 10.1016/j.insmatheco.2011.08.006
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