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Article dans une revue Economics Letters Année : 2008

Are More Risk-Averse Agents More Optimistic? Insights from a Simple Rational Expectations Equilibrium Model

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We analyze the link between pessimism and risk-aversion. We consider a model of partially revealing, competitive rational expectations equilibrium with diverse information, in which the distribution of risk-aversion across individuals is unknown. We show that when a high individual level of risk-aversion is taken as a signal for a high average level of risk-aversion, more risk-averse agents are more optimistic. This correlation between individual risk-aversion and optimism leads to a pessimistic consensus belief hence to an increase in the market price of risk. Risk-sharing schemes and welfare implications are analyzed. We show that agents' welfare may increase upon the receipt of more precise information.
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halshs-00176630, version 1 (04-10-2007)
halshs-00176630, version 2 (02-06-2010)

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Elyès Jouini, Clotilde Napp. Are More Risk-Averse Agents More Optimistic? Insights from a Simple Rational Expectations Equilibrium Model. Economics Letters, 2008, 101, pp.73-76. ⟨halshs-00176630v2⟩
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