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A relationship between risk and time preferences

This paper investigates a general relationship between risk and time preferences. I consider a decision maker who chooses between consumption of a particular prize in one period and a different prize in another period. The individual believes that today's good is certain, and that, as the promised date for a future good becomes increasingly distant, the probability of his consuming the good decreases. Under these assumptions, this paper shows that the individuals exhibits the common ratio effect, the certainty effect, and the expected utility if and only if he discounts hyperbolically, quasi-hyperbolically and exponentially, respectively.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: Discussion Paper ; No. 1477

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Thema
Allais paradox
hyperbolic discounting
Entscheidung bei Risiko
Zeitpräferenz
Theorie

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Saito, Kota
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management, Center for Mathematical Studies in Economics and Management Science
(wo)
Evanston, IL
(wann)
2009

Handle
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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Saito, Kota
  • Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management, Center for Mathematical Studies in Economics and Management Science

Entstanden

  • 2009

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