Maturity-independent risk measures

The new notion of maturity-independent risk measures is introduced and contrasted with the existing risk measurement concepts. It is shown, by means of two examples, one set on a finite probability space and the other in a diffusion framework, that, surprisingly, some of the widely utilized risk measures cannot be used to build maturity-independent counterparts. We construct a large class of maturity-independent risk measures and give representative examples in both continuous- and discrete-time financial models.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2008
• Where: CDC
• Authors: Thaleia Zariphopoulou, Gordan Zitkovic
• Keywords: CDC 2008, Control Systems, Maturity-independent Risk Measures, Risk Measurement Concepts, Risk Measures