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On Coherent Risk Measures Induced by Convex Risk Measures

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We study the close relationship between coherent risk measures and convex risk measures. Inspired by the obtained results, we propose a class of coherent risk measures induced by convex risk measures. The robust representation and minimization problem of the induced coherent risk measure are investigated. A new coherent risk measure, the Entropic Conditional Value-at-Risk (ECVaR), is proposed as a special case. We show how to apply the induced coherent risk measure to realistic portfolio selection problems. Finally, by comparing its out-of-sample performance with that of CVaR, entropic risk measure, as well as entropic value-at-risk, we carry out a series of empirical tests to demonstrate the practicality and superiority of the ECVaR measure in optimal portfolio selection.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Numbers 71371152 and 11571270). The authors are grateful to the anonymous reviewers and the editor for their constructive comments, which have helped us to improve the paper significantly in both content and style.

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Chen, Z., Hu, Q. On Coherent Risk Measures Induced by Convex Risk Measures. Methodol Comput Appl Probab 20, 673–698 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11009-017-9584-1

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