Time, risk and utility: a role-play analysis
Abstract
This paper defines temporal risk aversion in the context of a simple choice framework: that of time varying utility of wealth. The attention is focused on a decision maker who acts as a buyer: temporal risk premium, instantaneous risk premium and time preference premium are defined.Download Info
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Paper provided by EconWPA in its series Game Theory and Information with number 0511010.Length: 8 pages
Date of creation: 28 Nov 2005
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Handle: RePEc:wpa:wuwpga:0511010
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Keywords: temporal utility; buyer-seller viewpoints; temporal risk premium; instantaneous risk premium; time preference premium.;Find related papers by JEL classification:
- C7 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory
- D8 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:
- NEP-ALL-2005-12-09 (All new papers)
- NEP-UPT-2005-12-09 (Utility Models & Prospect Theory)
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- Miles S. Kimball, 1989.
"Precautionary Saving in the Small and in the Large,"
NBER Working Papers
2848, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Kimball, Miles S, 1990. "Precautionary Saving in the Small and in the Large," Econometrica, Econometric Society, vol. 58(1), pages 53-73, January.
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