TY - JOUR
T1 - Efficient sets with and without the expected utility hypothesis
AU - Safra, Zvi
AU - Zilcha, Itzhak
PY - 1988
Y1 - 1988
N2 - Consider a feasible set, X, of c.d.f.'s. Assume that the set of decision makers, who must choose from X, includes non-expected utility decision makers who are risk averse in some weaker notions. We show that in this case the efficient set of X expands relative to the expected utility case. We characterize the efficient sets for each notion of risk aversion including the expected utility case. It is also shown that the limited-coverage insurance policies, which are not efficient under the expected utility hypothesis, belong to the efficient set when weakly risk-averse non- expected utility functionals are assumed to exist.
AB - Consider a feasible set, X, of c.d.f.'s. Assume that the set of decision makers, who must choose from X, includes non-expected utility decision makers who are risk averse in some weaker notions. We show that in this case the efficient set of X expands relative to the expected utility case. We characterize the efficient sets for each notion of risk aversion including the expected utility case. It is also shown that the limited-coverage insurance policies, which are not efficient under the expected utility hypothesis, belong to the efficient set when weakly risk-averse non- expected utility functionals are assumed to exist.
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U2 - 10.1016/0304-4068(88)90018-3
DO - 10.1016/0304-4068(88)90018-3
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AN - SCOPUS:38249032039
SN - 0304-4068
VL - 17
SP - 369
EP - 384
JO - Journal of Mathematical Economics
JF - Journal of Mathematical Economics
IS - 4
ER -