Increases in rise aversion

Authors
Citation
D. Bultel, Increases in rise aversion, INT ECON R, 40(1), 1999, pp. 63-67
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Economics
Journal title
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC REVIEW
ISSN journal
00206598 → ACNP
Volume
40
Issue
1
Year of publication
1999
Pages
63 - 67
Database
ISI
SICI code
0020-6598(199902)40:1<63:IIRA>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
This note gives sufficient conditions for signing the effect of an increase in risk aversion on the optimal level of the choice variable selected by a decision maker under conditions of risk. The results are illustrated with a decision model taken from the theory of insurance demand.