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Comparing financial investments by their state dependent returns: A one-way log utility representation

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In a standard single-period model under risk, we formalize and discuss an intuitive criterion for the binary comparison of financial investments. Two investments - x and y - are compared by calculating the present value of x's payoffs using the state dependent returns of y as discount factors. The induced preference is asymmetric but exhibits intransitive indifference. If the feasible set is convex, then the criterion selects a unique maximum element. Interestingly, it can be shown that the induced preference can be represented by a one-way expected utility representation employing logarithmic utility. Besides giving a relevant and illustrative example for a one-way utility representation, this result provides a new interpretation of using logarithmic utility for expected utility based decision-making.

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  • Speckbacher, Gerhard, 2009. "Comparing financial investments by their state dependent returns: A one-way log utility representation," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 193(1), pages 323-326, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ejores:v:193:y:2009:i:1:p:323-326
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