Thursday, August 13, 2015

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Posted: 13 Aug 2015 01:07 AM PDT

Blog Post: TheAlephBlog: At Least Build A Small Buffer

Posted: 12 Aug 2015 11:17 PM PDT

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Published / Preprint: Risk aggregation with empirical margins: Latin hypercubes, empirical copulas, and convergence of sum distributions. (arXiv:1508.02749v1 [q-fin.RM])

Posted: 12 Aug 2015 05:37 PM PDT

This paper studies convergence properties of multivariate distributions constructed by endowing empirical margins with a copula. This setting includes Latin Hypercube Sampling with dependence, also known as the Iman--Conover method. The primary question addressed here is the convergence of the component sum, which is relevant to risk aggregation in insurance and finance. read more...

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Published / Preprint: Identification of Insurance Models with Multidimensional Screening. (arXiv:1508.02919v1 [q-fin.MF])

Posted: 12 Aug 2015 05:37 PM PDT

This paper addresses the identification of insurance models with multidimensional screening where insurees have private information about their risk and risk aversion. The model also includes a random damage and the possibility of several claims. Screening of insurees relies on their certainty equivalence. The paper then investigates how data availability on the number of offered coverages and...

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Blog Post: iMFdirect: Making Monetary Policy Decisions in the Dark

Posted: 12 Aug 2015 07:17 AM PDT

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Collaboration study shows people lie more when colluding

Posted: 12 Aug 2015 05:55 AM PDT

Collaboration study shows people lie more when colluding -http://t.co/IcJK6W6r64 — moneyscience (@moneyscience) August 12, 2015

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'Machine teaching' holds the power to illuminate human learning

Posted: 12 Aug 2015 05:55 AM PDT

'Machine teaching' holds the power to illuminate human learning - http://t.co/hd9cMAOn5x — moneyscience (@moneyscience) August 12, 2015

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