On the identification of the riskiest directional components from multivariate heavy-tailed data

DOI10.3390/RISKS11070130MaRDI QIDQ6385348FDOQ6385348

Authors: Miriam Hägele, Jaakko Lehtomaa 

Publication date: 10 December 2021

Abstract: In univariate data, there exist standard procedures for identifying dominating features that produce the largest observations. However, in the multivariate setting, the situation is quite different. This paper aims to provide tools and algorithms for detecting dominating directional components in multivariate data. We study general heavy-tailed multivariate random vectors in dimension $dgeq2$ and present consistent estimators which can be used to evaluate why the data is heavy-tailed. This is done by identifying the set of the riskiest directional components. The results are of particular interest in insurance when setting reinsurance policies and in finance when hedging a portfolio of multiple assets.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Probability distributions: general theory (60E05) Applications of statistics to actuarial sciences and financial mathematics (62P05)

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