Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/85203 
Year of Publication: 
2000
Series/Report no.: 
CoFE Discussion Paper No. 00/36
Publisher: 
University of Konstanz, Center of Finance and Econometrics (CoFE), Konstanz
Abstract: 
We consider the demand for state contingent claims in the presence of a zero-mean, nonhedgeable background risk. An agent is defined to be generalized risk averse if he/she reacts to an increase in background risk by choosing a demand function for contingent claims with a smaller slope. We show that the conditions for standard risk aversion: positive, declining absolute risk aversion and prudence are necessary and sufficient for generalized risk aversion. We also derive anecessary and suÆcient condition for the agent's derived risk aversion to increase with a simple increase in background risk.
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