Blar i NHH Brage på emneord "risk aversion"
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Is there a development gap in rationality?
(Discussion paper;8/2014, Working paper, 2014-03)We report an experimental test of the four touchstones of rationality in choice under risk – utility maximization, stochastic dominance, expected-utility maximization and small-stakes risk neutrality – with students from ... -
The Nash bargaining solution vs. equilibrium in a reinsurance syndicate
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2008-05)We compare the Nash bargaining solution in a reinsurance syndicate to the competitive equilibrium allocation, focusing on uncertainty and risk aversion. Restricting attention to proportional reinsurance treaties, we find ... -
Optimal spending of a wealth fund in the discrete time life cycle model
(Discussion paper;7/23, Working paper, 2023-06-09)The paper analyses optimal spending of an endowment fund. We use the life cycle model for both expected utility and recursive utility in discrete time. First we find the optimal consumption and investment policies for both ... -
The optimal spending rate versus the expected real return of a sovereign wealth fund
(Discussion paper;1/21, Working paper, 2021-02-04)We consider a sovereign wealth fund that invests broadly in the international financial markets. The influx to the fund has stopped. We adopt the life cycle model and demonstrate that the optimal spending rate from the ... -
Risk aversion in the large and in the small
(Discussion paper;2011:12, Working paper, 2011-06)Estimates of agents' risk aversion differ between market studies and experimental studies. We demonstrate that the estimates can be reconciled through consistent treatment of agents' tendency for narrow framing, regarding ... -
Strategic Technology Switching under Risk Aversion and Uncertainty
(Discussion paper;10/17, Working paper, 2017-09-12)Sequential investment opportunities or the presence of a rival typically hasten investment under risk neutrality. By contrast, greater price uncertainty or risk aversion increase the incentive to postpone investment in the ... -
The power of money : wealth effects in contests
(Discussion Papers;13/2013, Working paper, 2013-06)Two wealth effects typically arise in any contest: i) wealth decreases the marginal cost of effort, but also ii) decreases the marginal benefit of winning the contest. In this paper, we introduce three types of strategic ...