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Optimal risk sharing with background risk

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  • Scarsini, Marco

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  • Dana, Rose-Anne & Scarsini, Marco, 2007. "Optimal risk sharing with background risk," Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier, vol. 133(1), pages 152-176, March.
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