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Background risk and the demand for state-contingent claims

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  • Guenter Franke
  • Richard Stapleton
  • Marti Subrahmanyam

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We consider the demand for state-contingent claims, in the presence of an independent zero-mean, non-hedgeable background risk. An agent is defined to be generalized risk averse if he/she chooses a demand function for contingent claims with a smaller slope everywhere, given a simple increase in background risk. We show that the conditions for standard risk aversion, that is positive, declining absolute risk aversion and prudence, are necessary and sufficient for generalized risk aversion. Copyright Springer-Verlag Berlin/Heidelberg 2004

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  • Guenter Franke & Richard Stapleton & Marti Subrahmanyam, 2004. "Background risk and the demand for state-contingent claims," Economic Theory, Springer;Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory (SAET), vol. 23(2), pages 321-335, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:joecth:v:23:y:2004:i:2:p:321-335
    DOI: 10.1007/s00199-003-0368-1
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