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Complete Monotonicity, Background Risk, and Risk Aversion

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Caballe, J
Pomansky, A

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This paper analyzes how the statistical properties of a risk affect the attitutde of individuals towards accepting another independent risk. We conduct the analysis for the class of increasing utility functions having all their derivatives with alternating sign.

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Paper provided by Unitat de Fonaments de l'Anàlisi Econòmica (UAB) and Institut d'Anàlisi Econòmica (CSIC) in its series UFAE and IAE Working Papers with number 357.96.

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Length: 18 pages
Date of creation: 1996
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Handle: RePEc:aub:autbar:357.96

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Keywords: RISK; DECISION MAKING; UNCERTAINTY;

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D81 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty

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