Risk apportionment: The dual story

A-Tier
Journal: Journal of Economic Theory
Year: 2020
Volume: 185
Issue: C

Score contribution per author:

1.341 = (α=2.01 / 3 authors) × 2.0x A-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

By specifying new model free preferences towards simple nested classes of lottery pairs, we develop the dual story to stand on equal footing with that of (primal) risk apportionment. The dual story provides an intuitive interpretation, and full characterization, of dual counterparts of such concepts as prudence and temperance. The direction of preference between these nested classes of lottery pairs is equivalent to signing the successive derivatives of the probability weighting function within Yaari's (1987) dual theory. We explore implications of our results for optimal portfolio choice and show that the sign of the third derivative of the probability weighting function may be naturally linked to a self-protection problem.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:jetheo:v:185:y:2020:i:c:s0022053119301218
Journal Field
Theory
Author Count
3
Added to Database
2026-01-25