ABSOLUTE AND RELATIVE RISK-AVERSION - AN EXPERIMENTAL-STUDY

被引：96
作者：
LEVY, H
机构：
[1] School of Business Administration, The Hebrew Univ. of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, 91905, Mount Acopus
来源：
JOURNAL OF RISK AND UNCERTAINTY | 1994年 / 8卷 / 03期
关键词：
DARA; CARA; IARA; DRRA; CRRA; IRRA;
D O I：
10.1007/BF01064046
中图分类号：
F8 [财政、金融];
学科分类号：
0202 ;
摘要：
Kenneth Arrow posed the hypotheses that investors reveal decreasing absolute risk aversion (DARA) and increasing relative risk aversion (IRRA). It is very difficult to empirically test these two hypotheses since one needs to analyze an investor's investment decisions at various points in his/her economic life cycle as the investor's wealth varies. An experimental study is conducted to test these two hypotheses when the subject's wealth varies depending on his/her investment performance. The experiment involves an actual money pin or loss which is indexed to the individual's investment performance. It is found that DARA is indeed strongly supported, but IRRA is rejected.
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页码：289 / 307
页数：19
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