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Erratum to "A note on longevity enhancing investment" [Economics Letters 101 (2008) 57-59]

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  • Eeckhoudt, Louis
  • Pestieau, Pierre

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We argue that risk averse individuals prefer to increase their longevity in the direction of rectangularization of the survival curve instead of an upward shift of that curve. Risk aversion is measured by the concept of fear of ruin.
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  • Eeckhoudt, Louis & Pestieau, Pierre, 2009. "Erratum to "A note on longevity enhancing investment" [Economics Letters 101 (2008) 57-59]," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 102(2), pages 141-141, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecolet:v:102:y:2009:i:2:p:141-141
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    1. Prettner, Klaus & Bloom, David E. & Strulik, Holger, 2013. "Declining fertility and economic well-being: Do education and health ride to the rescue?," Labour Economics, Elsevier, vol. 22(C), pages 70-79.
    2. Maik T. Schneider & Ralph Winkler, 2021. "Growth and Welfare under Endogenous Lifetimes," Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 123(4), pages 1339-1384, October.
    3. Xue Qiao, 2012. "Unsafe sex, AIDS and development," Journal of Economics, Springer, vol. 105(3), pages 263-279, April.
    4. Nishimura, Yukihiro & Pestieau, Pierre & Ponthiere, Gregory, 2018. "Education choices, longevity and optimal policy in a Ben-Porath economy," Mathematical Social Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 94(C), pages 65-81.
    5. Jingyuan Li, 2010. "Fear of Loss and Happiness of Win: Properties and Applications," Journal of Risk & Insurance, The American Risk and Insurance Association, vol. 77(4), pages 749-766, December.
    6. Maik Schneider & Ralph Winkler, 2016. "Growth and Welfare under Endogenous Lifetime," Department of Economics Working Papers 47/16, University of Bath, Department of Economics.

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

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