With motivation from Tang et al. (2011), in this paper we consider a tractable multivariate risk structure which includes the Sarmanov dependence structure as a special case. We derive several asymptotic results for both the sum and the product of such risk and then present three applications...

We examine the association between audit quality and the use of collateral in a sample of Chinese firms from 2005 to 2011. Using the full sample, we document a negative relationship between audit quality and the use of collateral that is consistent with lenders’ interests. We also show that...

Random shifting typically appears in credibility models whereas random scaling is often encountered in stochastic models for claim sizes reflecting the time-value property of money. In this article we discuss some aspects of random shifting and random scaling of insurance risks focusing in...