On the precautionary motive for savings and prudence in the rank-dependent utility framework

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Journal: Economic Theory
Year: 2016
Volume: 61
Issue: 1
Pages: 169-182

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Abstract

In this paper, we deal with the basic two-period consumption–saving problem where the first- and second-period consumption utilities, $$v$$ v and $$ u$$ u , are assumed to be concave, respectively, as usually. We prove that for the rank-dependent utility model, prudence is fully characterized by the convexity of $$u^{\prime }$$ u ′ and strong pessimism. The paper ends by showing that for a strong risk-averse RDU decision-maker, strict pessimism allows local weak prudence, whatever the sign of $$u^{\prime \prime \prime }$$ u ″ ′ , whereas for a strong risk-averse EU decision-maker local weak prudence cannot be disentangled from prudence. Copyright Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2016

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:spr:joecth:v:61:y:2016:i:1:p:169-182
Journal Field
Theory
Author Count
3
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2026-01-25