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Improving your chances: A new result

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  • Denuit, Michel M.
  • Eeckhoudt, Louis

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In this letter, we show that the results presented by Jindapon and Neilson (2007) for changes in risk à la Ekern (1980) can be generalized to mean-preserving stochastic dominance changes, with appropriate and simple additional conditions on the utility function.

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  • Denuit, Michel M. & Eeckhoudt, Louis, 2013. "Improving your chances: A new result," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 118(3), pages 475-477.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecolet:v:118:y:2013:i:3:p:475-477
    DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2012.12.016
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    1. Denuit, Michel M. & Eeckhoudt, Louis & Schlesinger, Harris, 2013. "When Ross meets Bell: The linex utility function," Journal of Mathematical Economics, Elsevier, vol. 49(2), pages 177-182.
    2. Denuit, Michel & Liu, Liqun, 2013. "Decreasing higher-order absolute risk aversion and higher-degree stochastic dominance," LIDAM Discussion Papers ISBA 2013007, Université catholique de Louvain, Institute of Statistics, Biostatistics and Actuarial Sciences (ISBA).
    3. Michel Denuit & Liqun Liu, 2014. "Decreasing higher-order absolute risk aversion and higher-degree stochastic dominance," Theory and Decision, Springer, vol. 76(2), pages 287-295, February.

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    Keywords

    Risk aversion; Downside risk; Prudence; Temperance; Risk apportionment; Mean-preserving stochastic dominance;
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    • D81 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty

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