The regulatory credit value adjustment (CVA) for an outstanding over-the-counter (OTC) derivative portfolio, is computed based on the portfolio exposure over its lifetime. Usually the future portfolio exposure is approximated using Monte Carlo simulation, as the portfolio value can be driven by...

We conduct an incentive-theoretical analysis of political economy considerations in the design of social protection programmes in developing countries to accompany economic reforms. We focus on two aspects of social protection - the provision of redistribution and retraining - that arguably...

Situations where simple and affordable testing tools are available but not accurate enough to be operationally relevant are ubiquitous. For COVID-19 detection, rapid point-of-care tests are cheap and provide results in minutes, but largely fail policymakers' accuracy requirements. We propose an...

An alternative generating mechanism for non-strict bivariate Archimedean copulas via the Lorenz curve of a positive random variable is proposed. Lorenz curves have been extensively studied in economics and statistics to characterize wealth inequality and tail risk. In this paper, these curves...

In this paper, a link between a time-consistent and a pre-commitment investment strategy is established. We define an implied investment target, which is implicitly contained in a time-consistent strategy at a given time step and wealth level. By imposing the implied investment target at the...