What is a good introductory book on mathematical risk theory?

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I'm looking for a book that introduces the following concepts and illustrates them with examples and exercises:

  • Risk measures (Value at Risk, Expected Shortfall, distortion risk measures, and more)
  • (Modern) Portfolio theory
  • Different notions of risk aversion (Arrow-Pratt and others)
  • Utility functions (Von Neumann-Morgenstern)
  • Stochastic orderings and stochastic dominance

And perhaps other important, related topics of which I am not aware. Do you know a good example of such a book?

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Stochastic Finance. An Introduction in discrete time. by Foellmer and Schied gives an excellent introduction in chapters 2-4.

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You can refer to Mathematical Methods in Risk Theory by Buhlmann. It has a very good selection and has some recent works in the mathematics of risk theory.

See also: Modern Actuarial Risk Theory by Kaas et.al. and Introduction to Mathematical Portfolio Theory by Joshi and Paterson.