A Mean-Preserving Increase in Ambiguity and Portfolio Choices

This article investigates under what conditions an increase in ambiguity reduces demand for an uncertain asset (or raises demand for coinsurance). We find that the comparative statics of ambiguity and of risks have structural similarities under the smooth ambiguity aversion model (Klibanoff, Marinac...

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Published in:The Journal of risk and insurance 2018-12, Vol.85 (4), p.993-1012
Main Authors: Huang, Yi-Chieh, Tzeng, Larry Y.
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