Higher-order risk attitudes toward correlation

Jingyuan LI

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Abstract

Higher-order risk attitudes other than risk aversion (e.g., prudence and temperance) play vital roles both in theoretical and empirical work. While the literature has mainly focused on how they entail a preference for combining “good” outcomes with “bad” outcomes, We consider here an alternative approach which relates higher-order risk attitudes to the sign of correlation. The theoretical result in this paper proposes new insights into economic and financial applications such as risk aversion in the presence of another risk, bivariate stochastic dominance and justifying the first-order approach to moral hazard principal-agent problems.
Original languageEnglish
Publication statusPublished - 6 Aug 2013
Event2013 American Risk and Insurance Association Annual Meeting - Washington Court Hotel, Washington, United States
Duration: 4 Aug 2013 → 7 Aug 2013
http://www.aria.org/meetings/2013_annual_meeting.html

Conference

Conference2013 American Risk and Insurance Association Annual Meeting
CountryUnited States
CityWashington
Period4/08/13 → 7/08/13
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Risk attitude
Risk aversion
Economics
Temperance
Moral hazard
First-order approach
Principal-agent problem
Prudence
Stochastic dominance

Keywords

  • higher-order risk attitudes
  • stochastic dominance dependence
  • correlation
  • covariance

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LI, J. (2013). Higher-order risk attitudes toward correlation. Paper presented at 2013 American Risk and Insurance Association Annual Meeting, Washington, United States.
LI, Jingyuan. / Higher-order risk attitudes toward correlation. Paper presented at 2013 American Risk and Insurance Association Annual Meeting, Washington, United States.
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Research output: Other Conference Contributions › Conference Paper (other)

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