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In this note we analyze the hedging property of an optimal portfolio with one risk-free asset and two risky assets. We … sufficient to set the relative investments in the two risky assets of the portfolio for all concave utility functions. …
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In this article we study the effect of uncertainty on an entrepreneur who must choose the capacity of his business before knowing the demand for his product.
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In this article we study the effect of uncertainty on an entrepreneur who must choose the capacity of his business before knowing the demand for his product.
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Recently, Caballi and Pomansky (1996) proposed a formal definition of mixed risk aversion and characterized stochastic … dominance in presence of such utility functions. However they did not study comparative mixed risk aversion. In this note we … give a sufficient condition for analytic comparative mixed risk aversion. …
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In this paper we show how a shift in a return distribution affects the composition of an optimal portfolio in the case of one riskless asset and two risky assets. We obtain that, in general, such a shift modifies the composition of the mutual fund. We also show that the separating conditions...
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selection, whereas bonus-malus (or merit-rating) schemes are introduced because risk categories lack homogeneity or fairness and …
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, accident costs, risk aversion and moral hazard. We then discuss an econometric modeling based on latent variables and we derive …
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In this paper we show how a shift in a return distribution affects the composition of an optimal portfolio in the case of one riskless asset and two risky assets. We obtain that, in general, such a shift modifies the composition of themutual fund. We also show that the separating conditions...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005775621
financing generates a demand for insurance by risk-neutral entrepreneurs. In our model, the entrepreneur needs external … insurance and banking activities are exogenously separated. Finally, we show how are results imply 'induced risk aversion' for … risk-neutral firms and we extend the model to property insurance. …
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