A Multivariate Extension of Equilibrium Pricing Transforms: The Multivariate Esscher and Wang Transforms for Pricing Financial and Insurance Risks

Abstract
This paper proposes a multivariate extension of the equilibrium pricing transforms for pricing general financial and insurance risks. The multivariate Esscher and Wang transforms are derived from Bühlmann's equilibrium pricing model (1980) under some assumptions on the aggregate risk. It is shown that the Esscher and Wang transforms coincide with each other when the underlying risks are normally distributed.

KEYWORDS: Equilibrium pricing, Wang transform, Esscher transform, State price density, Gaussian copula.
Volume
Vol. 36, No. 1
Page
269-283
Year
2006
Publications
ASTIN Bulletin
Authors
Masaaki Kijima