Degree of downside risk aversion and self-protection

DOI10.1016/j.insmatheco.2004.10.005zbMath1111.91022MaRDI QIDQ2483950

W. Henry Chiu

Publication date: 1 August 2005

Published in: Insurance Mathematics \& Economics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.insmatheco.2004.10.005

zbMATH Keywords

prudence measure

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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