In the trade-off between risk and reward, modelling risk has always been a major problem. Traditionally, both gains and losses are assumed to contribute to risk equally, and in a rather rigid manner. Stochastic Dominance (SD) frees the model of these problematic assumptions and allows for a broad range of risk measures which are selected in a non-parametric way. This thesis proposes new tests for the SD-efficiency of a given portfolio (for various orders), a test for two-fund separation, and contains empirical work based on these tests.

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Post, Prof. Dr. G.T. (promotor)
Thela Thesis, Amsterdam
G.T. Post (Thierry)
hdl.handle.net/1765/10033
Tinbergen Instituut Research Series
Erasmus School of Economics

Versijp, P. (2007). Advances in the Use of Stochastic Dominance in Asset Pricing. In Tinbergen Instituut Research Series (407).http://hdl.handle.net/1765/10033