# Comparing risks with unbounded distributions

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• Muller, Alfred

## Abstract

We extend the characterizations of increasing risks developed by Rothschild and Stiglitz (1970) to the case of unbounded probability distributions. We also consider the related notion of increasing risk about $\nu$ introduced by Landsberger and Meilijson (1990). Moreover, for some of the results we give new and more elegant proofs.
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## Suggested Citation

• Muller, Alfred, 1998. "Comparing risks with unbounded distributions," Journal of Mathematical Economics, Elsevier, vol. 30(2), pages 229-239, September.
• Handle: RePEc:eee:mateco:v:30:y:1998:i:2:p:229-239
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1. Mao, Tiantian & Hu, Taizhong, 2012. "Characterization of left-monotone risk aversion in the RDEU model," Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 50(3), pages 413-422.
2. Morone, Andrea & Ozdemir, Ozlem, 2012. "Black swan protection: an experimental investigation," MPRA Paper 38842, University Library of Munich, Germany.
3. Muller, Alfred, 1998. "Another Tale of Two Tails: On Characterizations of Comparative Risk," Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, Springer, vol. 16(2), pages 187-197, May-June.
4. Hu, Taizhong & Chen, Jing & Yao, Junchao, 2006. "Preservation of the location independent risk order under convolution," Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 38(2), pages 406-412, April.
5. Yang, Jianping & Hu, Taizhong, 2016. "New developments on the Lp-metric between a probability distribution and its distortion," Statistics & Probability Letters, Elsevier, vol. 110(C), pages 236-243.

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