A class of bivariate stochastic orderings, with applications in actuarial sciences

Insurance: Mathematics and Economics

Volumn 24, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 31-50

  Denuit, Michel ^a   Lefèvre, Claude ^a   Mesfioui, M'Hamed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bivariate higher degree convex functions; Bivariate stochastic orderings; Orderings of convex type; Positive and negative dependence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042472482     PISSN: 01676687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-6687(98)00036-5     Document Type: Article

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