Risk Sharing with Lambda Value at Risk

Published Online:https://doi.org/10.1287/moor.2023.0246

In this paper, we study the risk-sharing problem among multiple agents using lambda value at risk (ΛVaR) as their preferences via the tool of inf-convolution, where ΛVaR is an extension of value at risk (VaR). We obtain explicit formulas of the inf-convolution of multiple ΛVaR with monotone Λ and explicit forms of the corresponding optimal allocations, extending the results of the inf-convolution of VaR. It turns out that the inf-convolution of several ΛVaR is still a ΛVaR under some mild condition. Moreover, we investigate the inf-convolution of one ΛVaR and a general monotone risk measure without cash additivity, including ΛVaR, expected utility, and rank-dependent expected utility as special cases. The expression of the inf-convolution and the explicit forms of the optimal allocation are derived, leading to some partial solution of the risk-sharing problem with multiple ΛVaR for general Λ functions. Finally, we discuss the risk-sharing problem with ΛVaR+, another definition of lambda value at risk. We focus on the inf-convolution of ΛVaR+ and a risk measure that is consistent with the second-order stochastic dominance, deriving very different expression of the inf-convolution and the forms of the optimal allocations.

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