Konferenzbeitrag
Risk Attitudes with State-Dependent Indivisibilities in Consumption
Some consumption opportunities, e.g. medical treatments, are both indivisible and only valuable in particular states of nature. The existence of such state-dependent indivisible consumption opportunities influences a person's risk attitudes. In general, people are not risk averse anymore even if utility from divisible consumption is concave. I propose a definition of insurance in the context of state-dependent preferences and investigate the different motives underlying insurance demand. The same reasons that rule out risk aversion turn out to be the basis of a desire to insure.This calls into question the standard approach that bases insurance demand on risk aversion with important implications for policy and research.
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Englisch
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Series: Beiträge zur Jahrestagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik 2019: 30 Jahre Mauerfall - Demokratie und Marktwirtschaft - Session: Economic Theory - Information and Uncertainty ; No. G01-V1
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Microeconomic Behavior: Underlying Principles
Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty
- Thema
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Risk Preferences
Indivisible Consumption
Insurance, Gambling
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Fels, Markus
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Veröffentlichung
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ZBW - Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft
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Kiel, Hamburg
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2019
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ
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- Fels, Markus
- ZBW - Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft
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