Value-at-Risk Theory and Practice

The first advanced book on value-at-risk

Chapter 3, Page 113
Exercise 6

In general, for any random variable X and any constant b, E(bX) = bE(X). Prove this result for the case X is discrete.

Solution

By [3.5],

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