Individual risk and Lebesgue extension without aggregate uncertainty

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Journal: Journal of Economic Theory
Year: 2009
Volume: 144
Issue: 1
Pages: 432-443

Score contribution per author:

2.011 = (α=2.01 / 2 authors) × 2.0x A-tier

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

Abstract

Many economic models include random shocks imposed on a large number (continuum) of economic agents with individual risk. In this context, an exact law of large numbers and its converse is presented in [Y.N. Sun, The exact law of large numbers via Fubini extension and characterization of insurable risks, J. Econ. Theory 126 (2006) 31-69] to characterize the cancellation of individual risk via aggregation. However, it is well known that the Lebesgue unit interval is not suitable for modeling a continuum of agents in the particular setting. The purpose of this paper is to show that an extension of the Lebesgue unit interval does work well as an agent space with various desirable properties associated with individual risk.

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RePEc Handle
repec:eee:jetheo:v:144:y:2009:i:1:p:432-443
Journal Field
Theory
Author Count
2
Added to Database
2026-01-29