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Ludger Rüschendorf

Ludger Rüschendorf

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Mathematics

D-Index
48
Citations
9346
World Ranking
1209
National Ranking
67

Overview

Ludger Rüschendorf is affiliated with the University of Freiburg in Germany. Their research spans multiple fields including Economics, Econometrics and Finance, Mathematics, and Decision Sciences. Within these areas, their work covers various subfields such as Finance, Management Science and Operations Research, Economics and Econometrics, Statistics and Probability, and Applied Mathematics.

The main topics addressed in their research include stochastic processes and financial applications, risk and portfolio optimization, economic theories and models, probability and risk models, statistical distribution estimation and applications, financial risk and volatility modeling, and insurance, mortality, demography, and risk management.

Rüschendorf has contributed to a number of publications and research papers. Notable recent papers include:

  • "Sklar's theorem, copula products, and ordering results in factor models" (2021) published in Dependence Modeling
  • "Ordering results for elliptical distributions with applications to risk bounds" (2020) published in Journal of Multivariate Analysis
  • "Fair allocation of indivisible goods with minimum inequality or minimum envy" (2021) published in European Journal of Operational Research
  • "Supermodular and directionally convex comparison results for general factor models" (2023) published in Journal of Multivariate Analysis
  • "Upper risk bounds in internal factor models with constrained specification sets" (2020) published in Probability Uncertainty and Quantitative Risk

The scientist has published in several academic venues, with frequent publications in:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Multivariate Analysis
  • Dependence Modeling
  • Annals of Operations Research
  • European Journal of Operational Research

Ludger Rüschendorf has collaborated extensively with a group of co-authors, including Steven Vanduffel, Carole Bernard, Giovanni Puccetti, Jonathan Ansari, and Dries Cornilly. These collaborations highlight a diversity of interdisciplinary research efforts.

The researcher has also authored books, including "Model Risk Management" published by Cambridge University Press in 2023, and "Stochastic Processes and Financial Mathematics," published by Mathematics study resources in 2023.

Best Publications

  • Mass transportation problems

    Svetlozar T Rachev;Ludger Rüschendorf

  • Mathematical Risk Analysis

    Ludger Rüschendorf

  • Model uncertainty and VaR aggregation

    Paul Embrechts;Giovanni Puccetti;Ludger Rüschendorf

  • The Wasserstein distance and approximation theorems

    Ludger Rüschendorf

  • On the distributional transform, Sklar's theorem, and the empirical copula process

    Ludger Rüschendorf

  • An Academic Response to Basel 3.5

    Paul Embrechts;Giovanni Puccetti;Ludger Rüschendorf;Ruodu Wang

  • Minimax and minimal distance martingale measures and their relationship to portfolio optimization

    Thomas Goll;Ludger Rüschendorf

  • Random variables with maximum sums

    Ludger Rüschendorf

  • Asymptotic Distributions of Multivariate Rank Order Statistics

    Ludger Ruschendorf

  • The contraction method for recursive algorithms

    Uwe Rösler;Ludger Rüschendorf

  • A characterization of random variables with minimum L 2 -distance

    L. Rüschendorf;S. T. Rachev

  • On convex risk measures on L p -spaces

    Mareike Kaina;Ludger Rüschendorf

  • A general limit theorem for recursive algorithms and combinatorial structures

    Ralph Neininger;Ludger Rüschendorf

  • Convergence of the iterative proportional fitting procedure

    Ludger Ruschendorf

  • Computation of sharp bounds on the distribution of a function of dependent risks

    Giovanni Puccetti;Ludger RüSchendorf

  • Mathematical Risk Analysis: Dependence, Risk Bounds, Optimal Allocations and Portfolios

    Ludger Rüschendorf

  • Value-at-Risk Bounds with Variance Constraints

    Carole Bernard;Ludger Rüschendorf;Steven Vanduffel

  • Distributions with fixed marginals and related topics

    Ludger Rüschendorf;B. Schweizer;Michael D. Taylor

  • Probability metrics and recursive algorithms

    S. T. Rachev;L. Rüschendorf

  • Consistent risk measures for portfolio vectors

    Christian Burgert;Ludger Rüschendorf

Frequent Co-Authors

Svetlozar T. Rachev
Svetlozar T. Rachev Texas Tech University
Paul Embrechts
Paul Embrechts ETH Zurich
Stefan Mittnik
Stefan Mittnik Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

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