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An Irrelevance Theorem for Risk Aversion and Time-Varying Risk

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  • Andrew Chen
  • Francisco Palomino

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We provide a theorem on the role of risk and risk attitudes in macroeconomic models that clarifies and extends the Tallarini (2000) separation result. Under (1) separation of intertemporal and risk preferences, (2) separation of drivers of first and higher moments in the model primitives, and (3) approximate linearity of constraints, risk aversion and time-varying risk are irrelevant for the elasticity of any endogenous variable with respect to state variables that don't drive variation in higher moments. We discuss how models generate a more prominent role for risk by ``breaking'' or ``adapting'' to the assumptions in the theorem.

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  • Andrew Chen & Francisco Palomino, 2026. "An Irrelevance Theorem for Risk Aversion and Time-Varying Risk," Papers 2606.05554, arXiv.org.
    • Handle: RePEc:arx:papers:2606.05554
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