A characterization of the dilation order and its applications

Statistical Papers

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 393-406

  Fagiuoli, Enrico ^a   Pellerey, Franco ^b   Shaked, Moshe ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGAMO   (Italy)

^c University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparison of variances; Convex order; Dilation order; Excess wealth order; Location independent risks comparison

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345920679     PISSN: 09325026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02934633     Document Type: Article

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