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and attitude toward risk. Within this framework, we characterize the formation of subjective probabilities, the … equilibrium in a pointspread gambling market, and how the diversity in beliefs opens up the market to more risk-averse individuals …. In addition, we derive the individual's reservation pointspread as a function of his degree of risk aversion. …
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coronavirus models. The micro model consists of two functions, a risk averse utility function depending on wellness and a wellness …
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of insurance. Third, we help answer the puzzle why the most risk averse are least likely to take up agricultural …
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of insurance. Third, we help answer the puzzle why the most risk averse are least likely to take up agricultural …
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In this paper we show that the wildly popular Holt and Laury (2002) risk preference elicitation method confounds … estimates of the curvature of the utility function, the traditional notion of risk preference, with an estimate of the extent to … that our new method yields significantly different levels of implied risk aversion than the Holt and Laury task even after …
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Despite the fact that conceptual models of individual decision making under risk are deterministic, attempts to … econometrically estimate risk preferences require some assumption about the stochastic nature of choice. Unfortunately, the … inferences about structural risk preferences across the competing specifications. Overall, a mixture model combining the two …
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This paper studies the normative problem of redistribution between agents who can influence their survival probability through private health spending, but who differ in their attitude towards the risks involved in the lotteries of life to be chosen. For that purpose, we develop a two-period...
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This paper presents an axiomatic model of probabilistic choice under risk. In this model, when it comes to choosing one …
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theory such as the fourfold pattern of risk attitudes, the discrepancy between certainty equivalent and probability …
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Economic research offers two traditional ways of analyzing decision making under risk. One option is to compare the …
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