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Yaari dual theory without the completeness axiom

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This note shows how Yaari’s dual theory of choice under risk naturally extends to the case of incomplete preferences. This also provides an axiomatic characterization of a large and widely studied class of stochastic orders used to rank the riskiness of random variables or the dispersion of income distributions (including, e.g., second order stochastic dominance, dispersion, location independent riskiness).

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  • Fabio Maccheroni, 2000. "Yaari dual theory without the completeness axiom," ICER Working Papers - Applied Mathematics Series 30-2001, ICER - International Centre for Economic Research, revised Oct 2001.
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