First-order risk aversion and non-differentiability (*)

B-Tier
Journal: Economic Theory
Year: 1996
Volume: 9
Issue: 1
Pages: 179-183

Authors (2)

Uzi Segal (Boston College) Avia Spivak (not in RePEc)

Score contribution per author:

1.005 = (α=2.01 / 2 authors) × 1.0x B-tier

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

Abstract

First-order risk aversion happens when the risk premium a decision maker is willing to pay to avoid the lottery $t\cdot {\tilde \epsilon }, E[{\tilde \epsilon }]=0,$ is proportional, for small t, to t. Equivalently, $\partial \pi /\partial t\mid_{t=0^{+}}> 0.$ We show that first-order risk aversion is equivalent to a certain non-differentiability of some of the local utility functions (Machina [7]).

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:spr:joecth:v:9:y:1996:i:1:p:179-183
Journal Field
Theory
Author Count
2
Added to Database
2026-01-29