Multiple risks and mean-variance preferences

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  • Thomas Eichner
  • Andreas Wagener

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  • Universität Bielefeld
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OriginalspracheEnglisch
Seiten (von - bis)1142-1154
Seitenumfang13
FachzeitschriftOperations research
Jahrgang57
Ausgabenummer5
Frühes Online-Datum12 Aug. 2009
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - Sept. 2009

Abstract

We analyze comparative static effects under uncertainty when a decision maker has mean-variance preferences and faces a generic, quasi-linear decision problem with both an endogenous risk and a background risk. In terms of mean-variance preferences, we fully characterize the effects of changes in the location, scale, and concordance parameters of the stochastic environment on optimal risk taking. Presupposing compatibility between the mean-variance and the expected-utility approach, we then translate these mean-variance properties into their analogues for von Neumann-Morgenstern utility functions.

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Multiple risks and mean-variance preferences. / Eichner, Thomas; Wagener, Andreas.
in: Operations research, Jahrgang 57, Nr. 5, 09.2009, S. 1142-1154.

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Eichner T, Wagener A. Multiple risks and mean-variance preferences. Operations research. 2009 Sep;57(5):1142-1154. Epub 2009 Aug 12. doi: 10.1287/opre.1090.0692
Eichner, Thomas ; Wagener, Andreas. / Multiple risks and mean-variance preferences. in: Operations research. 2009 ; Jahrgang 57, Nr. 5. S. 1142-1154.
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