The standard literature on the value of life relies on Yaari’s (1965) model, which includes an implicit assumption of risk neutrality with respect to life duration. To overpass this limitation, we extend the theory to a simple variety of nonadditively separable preferences. The enlargement we...

We study a dynamic and in nite{dimensional model with Knightian uncertainty modeled by incomplete multiple prior preferences. In in- terior e cient allocations, agents share a common risk{adjusted prior and use the same subjective interest rate. Interior e cient alloca- tions and equilibria...

We study a dynamic and infinite–dimensional model with incomplete multiple prior preferences. In interior efficient allocations, agents share a common risk–adjusted prior and subjective interest rate. Interior efficient allocations and equilibria coincide with those of economies with...

Kimball, 1990a and Kimball, 1990b established that income risk increases the marginal propensity to consume if and only if absolute prudence decreases. We characterize decreasing and increasing multivariate prudence and show that a multidimensional risk increases the marginal propensity to...

With population ageing in a changing PAYG system context, our aim is to identify whether households take into account a retirement risk in their global accumulation behaviour. We define the retirement risk as a long term revenue risk linked with changes in the generosity of the PAYG system. We...

We consider a formal approach to comparative risk aversion and apply it to intertemporal choice models. This makes it possible to investigate whether standard classes of utility functions, such as those inspired from Kihlstrom and Mirman (1974), Selden (1978), Epstein and Zin (1989) or Quiggin...