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Thai Nguyen

Université Laval

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

13

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Scholarly Papers (13)

Contractibility, Peer-to-Peer Insurance, and Moral Hazard

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 29 Oct 2025 Last Revised: 05 Nov 2025
Tim J. Boonen, TAK WA NG and Thai Nguyen
University of Hong Kong, Laval University, Faculté des Sciences et Génie, Students and Université Laval
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Peer-to-peer risk sharing, prevention efforts, moral hazard, Pareto optimality, Nash equilibrium, Stackelberg game

Contractibility, Peer-to-Peer Insurance, and Moral Hazard

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 28 Feb 2026
TAK WA NG, Tim J. Boonen and Thai Nguyen
Laval University, Faculté des Sciences et Génie, Students, University of Hong Kong and Université Laval
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Peer-to-peer risk sharing, prevention efforts, moral hazard, Pareto optimality, Nash equilibrium

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Linking Risk Management Under Expected Shortfall to Loss-Averse Behavior

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 10 Sep 2020
An Chen and Thai Nguyen
Ulm University - Institute of Insurance Science and Université Laval
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risk management, (weighted) expected shortfall, asset allocation, multiple-reference-based preferences

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Risk management under weighted limited expected loss

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 01 May 2024
An Chen and Thai Nguyen
Ulm University - Institute of Insurance Science and Université Laval
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utility maximization with constraint, risk management, (weighted) expected limited loss, asset allocation

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Individual Survivor Fund Account: The Impact of Bequest Motives on Tontine Participation

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 04 Jun 2024
TAK WA NG and Thai Nguyen
Laval University, Faculté des Sciences et Génie, Students and Université Laval
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Tontines, Longevity credit, Survivor funds, Bequest motive, Dynamic programming principle

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Optimal Collective Investment: An Analysis of Individual Welfare

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 04 Jan 2023
University of Münster - Finance Center Muenster, Ulm University - Institute of Insurance Science, Mercator School of Management and Université Laval
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collective utility function, risk sharing, financial fairness, Pareto-optimality

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The Role of Health in Consumption and Portfolio Decision-making: Insights from State-dependent Models

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 28 Jun 2024
An Chen, Thai Nguyen, Linyi Qian and Zhixin Yang
Ulm University - Institute of Insurance Science, Université Laval, East China Normal University (ECNU) and Ball State University
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health-dependent utility, optimal consumption, asset allocation, semi-Markov process JEL: G11, G23

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Optimal Design of Registered Index-Linked Annuities Under Asymmetric Nash Bargaining

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 10 Dec 2025
Thai Nguyen and Bin Zou
Université Laval and University of Connecticut - Department of Mathematics
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Registered Index-Linked Annuities (Rilas), Optimal Contract, Nash Bargaining, Utility Maximization

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An Efficient method to Simulate Diffusion Bridges

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 17 May 2024
Georgia Institute of Technology - The H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial & Systems Engineering (ISyE), University of Alabama, Marist College - Department of Mathematics, University of Rhode Island and Université Laval
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Pareto Efficiency and Financial Fairness Under Limited Expected Loss Constraint

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 03 May 2024
TAK WA NG and Thai Nguyen
Laval University, Faculté des Sciences et Génie, Students and Université Laval
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Risk management, Collective investment, Pareto optimality, Financial fairness, Limited expected loss, Fixed-point iteration

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Goal-Oriented Preferences for Green Bonds: A Model of Sustainable Investment Strategies

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 15 Jun 2024 Last Revised: 30 May 2025
An Chen, Yusha Chen, Thai Nguyen and Gazi Salah Uddin
Ulm University - Institute of Insurance Science, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (SWUFE), Université Laval and Linkoping University - Department of Management and Engineering Division
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portfolio planning, green investment target, utility gain, utility loss

Optimal Investment and Entropy-Regularized Learning Under Stochastic Volatility Models with Portfolio Constraints

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 02 May 2026
Université Laval - Ecole d’Actuariat and Université Laval
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Optimal investment, entropy regularized, reinforcement learning, exploration, stochastic optimal control, portfolio constraint

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Pricing Life Insurance Using Bivariate Temperature-Mortality Seasonal Hidden Markov Models

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 01 Jun 2026
Université Laval, UCLouvain and Université Laval
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life insurance, mortality modeling, regime-switching, seasonality, temperature, climate risk

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Outperforming A Benchmark With Α-Bregman Wasserstein Divergence 

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 09 Apr 2026
Silvana M. Pesenti and Thai Nguyen
University of Toronto and Université Laval
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Portfolio Choice, Expected Utility, Optimal Transport, Quantile Formulation, Benchmark, Outperformance