A Probability Metrics Approach to Financial Risk Measures

A Probability Metrics Approach to Financial Risk Measuresrelates the field of probability metrics and risk measures to oneanother and applies them to finance for the first time. Helps to answer the question: which risk measure is best for agiven problem?Finds new relations between existing classes of riskmeasuresDescribes applications in finance and extends them wherepossiblePresents the theory of probability metrics in a more accessibleform which would be appropriate for non-specialists in thefieldApplications include optimal portfolio choice, risk theory, andnumerical methods in financeTopics requiring more mathematical rigor and detail areincluded in technical appendices to chapters