Non-Expected Utility and The Robustness of the Classical Insurance Paradigm: Discussion

The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance Theory - Tập 20 - Trang 51-56 - 1995
Edi Karni1
1Department of Economics, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore

Tóm tắt

This paper discusses some aspects of the robustness of the classical insurance paradigm with respect to departures from the independence axiom of expected utility theory. The discussion focuses on the significance of the distinction between risk aversion and outcome convexity and the role of smoothness of the preferences in non-expected-utility analysis of insurance.