Moment characterization of higher-order risk preferences |
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Authors: | Sebastian Ebert |
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Institution: | 1. Institute for Financial Economics and Statistics, University of Bonn, Adenauerallee 24–42, 53113, Bonn, Germany
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Abstract: | This article presents a characterization of higher-order risk preferences such as prudence or temperance in terms of statistical moments. Our results, which are generalizations of Roger (Theory Decis, 70(1):27–44, 2011) and Ekern (Econ Lett, 6(4), 329–333, 1980), give a better understanding of how higher-order risk preferences relate to skewness preference and kurtosis aversion. While they are not based on expected utility theory, an implication within that theory is that all commonly used utility functions exhibit skewness preference and kurtosis aversion. |
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