Relative concave utility for risk and ambiguity

This paper presents a general technique for comparing the concavity of different utility functions when probabilities need not be known. It generalizes: (a) Yaariʼs comparisons of risk aversion by not requiring identical beliefs; (b) Kreps and Porteusʼ information-timing preference by not requiring...

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Hauptverfasser: Baillon, Aurélien (VerfasserIn) , Driesen, Bram (VerfasserIn) , Wakker, Peter P. (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Article (Journal)
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 23 February 2012
In: Games and economic behavior
Year: 2012, Jahrgang: 75, Heft: 2, Pages: 481-489
ISSN:1090-2473
DOI:10.1016/j.geb.2012.01.006
Online-Zugang:Verlag, Volltext: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geb.2012.01.006
Verlag, Volltext: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0899825612000097
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Verfasserangaben:Aurélien Baillon, Bram Driesen, Peter P. Wakker

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