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Frim's Hedging Behavior Without The Expected Utility Hypothesis

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  • Safra, Zvi
  • Zilcha, Itzhak

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In this note we analyze the behavior of a competitive firm under price; uncertainty and in the presence of a futures market. We show that the; 'Separation property', i.e., the independence of the firm's production level; of the stochastic price's distribution, holds even if the firm maximize; non—expected utility functional and is not risk averse.; Secondly, we show that its behavior in the futures market is the same as in; the classical environment, even if one asks for a weaker notion of risk; averseness. Finally, we briefly analyze the state—dependent case.

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  • Safra, Zvi & Zilcha, Itzhak, 1986. "Frim's Hedging Behavior Without The Expected Utility Hypothesis," Foerder Institute for Economic Research Working Papers 275401, Tel-Aviv University > Foerder Institute for Economic Research.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:isfiwp:275401
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.275401
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