We analyze the impact of risk and ambiguity aversion using a lifecycle recursive utility model. Both risk and ambiguity aversion are shown to reduce annuity demand and enhance bond holdings. We obtain this result using an intertemporal framework in which we can vary both risk and ambiguity...

We introduce a new and complete ordering of prospects that is consistent with stochastic dominance (SD). Featuring loss aversion and skewness preference, it mitigates the low discriminatory power of SD and circumvents implementation difficulties associated with third order SD. To highlight its...