More on parametric characterizations of risk aversion and prudence

B-Tier
Journal: Economic Theory
Year: 2003
Volume: 21
Issue: 4
Pages: 895-900

Authors (2)

Thomas Eichner (not in RePEc) Andreas Wagener

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

This note provides an alternative proof for the equivalence of decreasing absolute prudence (DAP) in the expected utility framework and in a two-parametric approach where utility is a function of the mean and the standard deviation. In addition, we elucidate that the equivalence of DAP and the concavity of utility as a function of mean and variance, which was shown to hold for normally distributed stochastics in Lajeri and Nielsen [4], cannot be generalized. Copyright Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2003

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:spr:joecth:v:21:y:2003:i:4:p:895-900
Journal Field
Theory
Author Count
2
Added to Database
2026-01-29