Risk Aversion in The Talmud
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Evidence is adduced that the sages of the ancient Babylonian Talmud, as well as some of the medieval commentators theorem, were well aware of sophisticated concepts of modern theories of risk-bearing.Download Info
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Paper provided by The Center for the Study of Rationality, Hebrew University, Jerusalem in its series Discussion Paper Series with number dp287.Length: 10 pages
Date of creation: May 2002
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Publication status: Published in Economic Theory, 2003, vol. 21, pp. 233-239.
Handle: RePEc:huj:dispap:dp287
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- Robert J. Aumann, 2003. "Risk aversion in the Talmud," Economic Theory, Springer, vol. 21(2), pages 233-239, 03.
- JEL - Labor and Demographic Economics - - - - -
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- Num - Economic History - - - - -
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:
- NEP-ALL-2003-05-15 (All new papers)
- NEP-GTH-2003-05-15 (Game Theory)
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