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Risk aversion — but also the higher-order risk preferences of prudence and temperance — are fundamental concepts in the study of economic decision making. We propose a method to jointly measure the intensity of risk aversion, prudence, and temperance. Our theoretical approach is to define...
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Skewness preferences—preferences toward low-probability, high-impact risks—are crucial determinants of economic behavior. This paper defines first- and higher-order skewness preferences and shows that the order of skewness preference captures the importance of skewness relative to mean and...
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It is often said that prudence and temperance play key roles in aversion to negative skewness and kurtosis, respectively. This paper puts a new perspective on these relationships and presents a characterization of higher-order risk preferences in terms of statistical moments. An implication is,...
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We propose a method to measure the intensity of risk aversion, prudence (downside risk aversion) and temperance (outer risk aversion) in experiments. Higher-order risk compensations are defined within the proper risk apportionment model of Eeckhoudt and Schlesinger [American Economic Review, 96...
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