First Order Dominance: Stronger Characterization and Bivariate Checking Algorithm

Troels Martin Range, Lars Peter Østerdal

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Abstract

How to determine if a finite distribution is superior to - i.e. first order dominates - another is a fundamental problem with many applications in economics, finance, probability theory and statistics. Nevertheless, little is known about how to efficiently check first order dominance in two or more dimensions. Utilizing that this problem can be formulated as a transportation problem having a special structure we provide a stronger characterization of multivariate first order dominance and develop a linear time complexity checking algorithm for the bivariate case.
Original languageEnglish
Place of PublicationOdense
PublisherSyddansk Universitet
Number of pages22
Publication statusPublished - Jun 2015
Externally publishedYes

Bibliographical note

Previous version: Discussion Papers on Business and Economics, SDU, No. 9/2013. May 2

Keywords

  • Multivariate first order dominance
  • Usual stochastic order
  • Characterization
  • Network problem
  • Checking algorithm

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