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Abstract

This paper analyses the agreed choices, from uncertain financial prospects, of a group of individuals. The group's agreed choices will conform to Expected Utility theory, if each individual has constant absolute risk-aversion, and if they share risk efficiently. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science S.A.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)311-317
Number of pages7
JournalEconomics Letters
Volume58
Issue number3
Publication statusPublished - Mar 1998

Keywords

  • bargaining
  • risk-sharing
  • (constant absolute) risk-aversion

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