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Time, risk and utility: a role-play analysis

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  • Paola Ferretti

    (Department of Applied Mathematics - University Ca' Foscari Venice)

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This paper defines temporal risk aversion in the context of a simple choice framework: that of time varying utility of wealth. The attention is focused on a decision maker who acts as a buyer: temporal risk premium, instantaneous risk premium and time preference premium are defined.

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  • Paola Ferretti, 2005. "Time, risk and utility: a role-play analysis," Game Theory and Information 0511010, University Library of Munich, Germany.
  • Handle: RePEc:wpa:wuwpga:0511010
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    Keywords

    temporal utility; buyer-seller viewpoints; temporal risk premium; instantaneous risk premium; time preference premium.;
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    • C7 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory
    • D8 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty

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