This paper proposes an improved procedure for stochastic volatility model estimation with an application to Value-at-Risk (VaR) and Conditional Value-at-Risk (CVaR) estimation. This improved procedure is composed of the following instrumental components: Fourier transform method for volatility...

The literature has pointed out that many decision makers could exhibit some degree of risk lovingness. Yet, it still lacks a suitable performance index which is consistent with the preferences of all of them, i.e., the preferred project has a higher score. To fulfill this need, our paper...

We highlight the loss-averse property of general investors and propose a new ranking criterion, conditional stochastic dominance (CSD), at the first two orders. We discuss the definitions and propositions. We also introduce an example to show that CSD provides intuitive ranking but not the...