RT Journal Article T1 A characterization of the multivariate excess wealth ordering A1 Fernández-Ponce, J.M. A1 Pellerey, F. A1 Rodríguez-Griñolo, Rosario K1 Excess wealth function K1 Expansion function K1 Multivariate dispersion ordering K1 Quantile K1 Upper-corrected orthant AB In this paper, some new properties of the upper-corrected orthant of a random vector are proved. The univariate right-spread or excess wealth function, introduced by Fernández-Ponce et al. (1996), is extended to multivariate random vectors, and some properties of this multivariate function are studied. Later, this function was used to define the excess wealth ordering by Shaked and Shanthikumar (1998) and Fernández-Ponce et al. (1998). The multivariate excess wealth function enable us to define a new stochastic comparison which is weaker than the multivariate dispersion orderings. Also, some properties relating the multivariate excess wealth order with stochastic dependence are described. PB Elsevier YR 2011 FD 2011-11 LK https://hdl.handle.net/10433/21264 UL https://hdl.handle.net/10433/21264 LA en NO Insurance: Mathematics and Economics Vol. 49, nº 3, p. 410-417 NO Departamento de Economía, Métodos Cuantitativos e Hª Económica, Área de Estadísitca e I.O. Universidad Pablo de Olavide NO Departamento de Estadística e I.O., Universidad de Sevilla, NO Departamento de Matemáticas, Politécnico de Turin DS RIO RD May 23, 2026