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Dynamic Variational Preferences

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  • Fabio Maccheroni
  • Massimo Marinacci
  • Aldo Rustichini

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We introduce and axiomatize dynamic variational preferences, the dynamic version of the variational preferences we axiomatized in [21], which generalize the multiple priors preferences of Gilboa and Schmeidler [9], and include the Multiplier Preferences inspired by robust control and first used in macroeconomics by Hansen and Sargent (see [11]), as well as the classic Mean Variance Preferences of Markovitz and Tobin. We provide a condition that makes dynamic variational preferences time consistent, and their representation recursive. This gives them the analytical tractability needed in macroeconomic and financial applications. A corollary of our results is that Multiplier Preferences are time consistent, but Mean Variance Preferences are not.

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Length: 37 pages
Date of creation: 2006
Publication status: Published in Journal of Economic Theory, 128, 4-44, 2006.
Handle: RePEc:cca:wpaper:1
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Keywords: Ambiguity Aversion; Model Uncertainty; Recursive Utility; Robust Control; Time Consistency;

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