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Sirous Fathi Manesh

Sirous Fathi Manesh

Academic rank: Assistant Professor
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Education: PhD.
ScopusId: 6473
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Faculty: Faculty of Science
Address: Department of Statistics, Faculty of Sciences, University of Kurdistan
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Research

Title
Optimal allocation of policy deductibles for exchangeable risks
Type
JournalPaper
Keywords
Hazard rate order, Increasing convex order, Likelihood ratio order, Log-concave density function, Majorization, Schur-concave function, Stochastic dominance
Year
2016
Journal INSURANCE MATHEMATICS & ECONOMICS
DOI
Researchers Sirous Fathi Manesh ، Baha-Eldin Khaledi ، Jan Dhaene

Abstract

‎Let $X_1,\ldots,X_n$ be a set of $n$ continuous and non-negative random variables‎, ‎with log-concave joint density function $f$‎, ‎faced by a person who seeks for an optimal deductible coverage for this $n$ risks‎. ‎Let ${\bf d}=(d_1‎ , ‎\ldots d_n)$ and ${\bf d}^*=(d^*_1‎ , ‎\ldots d^*_n)$ be two vectors of deductibles such that ${\bf d}^*$ is majorized by ${\bf d}$‎. ‎It is shown that $\sum_{i=1}^{n} (X_i\wedge d_{i}^*)$‎ ‎is larger than $\sum_{i=1}^{n} (X_i\wedge d_{i})$ in stochastic dominance‎, ‎provided $f$ is exchangeable‎. ‎As a result‎, ‎the vector $(\sum_{i=1}^{n}d_i‎, ‎0,\ldots,0)$ is an optimal allocation that maximizes the expected utility of the policyholder's wealth‎. ‎It is proven that the same result remains to hold in some situations if we drop the assumption that $f$ is log-concave‎.