Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/111070 
Year of Publication: 
2015
Series/Report no.: 
Center for Mathematical Economics Working Papers No. 535
Publisher: 
Bielefeld University, Center for Mathematical Economics (IMW), Bielefeld
Abstract: 
We establish a class of fully nonlinear conditional expectations. Similarly to the usage of linear expectations when a probabilistic description of uncertainty is present, we observe analogue quantitative and qualitative properties. The type of nonlinearity captures the agents sentiments of optimism and pessimism in an ambiguous environment. We then introduce an expected utility under a nonlinear expectation, and show monotonicity and continuity of utility. Risk aversion is characterized, and the properties of the certainty equivalent are discussed. Finally, we derive an Arrow-Pratt approximation of the static certainty equivalent and investigate the dynamic version via recursive equations.
Subjects: 
nonlinear expectation
Knightian Uncertainty
time consistency
risk aversion
certainty equivalent
optimism and pessimism
JEL: 
C60
D81
D90
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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