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Working Papers

2017

1. Risk Apportionment: The Dual Story
   Papers, arXiv.org View citations (3)
   See also Journal Article Risk apportionment: The dual story, Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier (2020) View citations (11) (2020)

2016

2. On the Robustness of Higher Order Risk Preferences
   Working Papers, Chapman University, Economic Science Institute View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article ON THE ROBUSTNESS OF HIGHER ORDER RISK PREFERENCES, Journal of Risk & Insurance, The American Risk and Insurance Association (2018) View citations (25) (2018)

2014

3. Lattices and Lotteries in Apportioning Risk
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo

2013

4. Risk-Taking-Neutral Background Risk
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo
5. When Ross meets Bell: The linex utility function
   LIDAM Reprints ISBA, Université catholique de Louvain, Institute of Statistics, Biostatistics and Actuarial Sciences (ISBA) View citations (5)
   Also in LIDAM Discussion Papers ISBA, Université catholique de Louvain, Institute of Statistics, Biostatistics and Actuarial Sciences (ISBA) (2011) View citations (3)
   LIDAM Reprints CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) (2013) View citations (2)
   Post-Print, HAL (2013) View citations (7)
   See also Journal Article When Ross meets Bell: The linex utility function, Journal of Mathematical Economics, Elsevier (2013) View citations (8) (2013)

2012

6. Consistency of Higher Order Risk Preferences
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (7)
   See also Journal Article Consistency of Higher Order Risk Preferences, Econometrica, Econometric Society (2014) View citations (93) (2014)

2011

7. Risk Taking with Additive and Multiplicative Background Risks
   Working Paper Series of the Department of Economics, University of Konstanz, Department of Economics, University of Konstanz View citations (48)
   See also Journal Article Risk taking with additive and multiplicative background risks, Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier (2011) View citations (48) (2011)

2010

8. Simplifying and solving decision problems by stochastic dominance relations
   Post-Print, HAL

2009

9. Apportioning of risks via stochastic dominance
   Post-Print, HAL View citations (94)
   Also in CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2008) View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article Apportioning of risks via stochastic dominance, Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier (2009) View citations (94) (2009)
10. Changes in risk and the demand for saving
    LIDAM Reprints CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE)
    Also in CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2008) View citations (126)
    Post-Print, HAL (2008) View citations (119)
    See also Journal Article Changes in risk and the demand for saving, Journal of Monetary Economics, Elsevier (2008) View citations (115) (2008)
11. On the utility premium of Friedman and Savage
    Post-Print, HAL View citations (26)
    Also in LIDAM Reprints CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) (2009) View citations (21)
    See also Journal Article On the utility premium of Friedman and Savage, Economics Letters, Elsevier (2009) View citations (26) (2009)

2008

12. Exploring Higher-Order Risk Effects
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (6)
    See also Journal Article Exploring Higher Order Risk Effects, The Review of Economic Studies, Review of Economic Studies Ltd (2010) View citations (121) (2010)
13. Uncertain Bequest Needs and Long-Term Insurance Contracts
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo
    Also in Cahiers de recherche, CIRPEE (2007) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Uncertain Bequest Needs and Long-Term Insurance Contracts, Journal of Risk & Insurance, The American Risk and Insurance Association (2015) (2015)

2007

14. A good sign for multivariate risk taking
    Post-Print, HAL View citations (162)
    Also in CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2006) View citations (13)
    LIDAM Reprints CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) (2007) View citations (85)
    See also Journal Article A Good Sign for Multivariate Risk Taking, Management Science, INFORMS (2007) View citations (168) (2007)
15. Non-market wealth, background risk and portfolio choice
    CoFE Discussion Papers, University of Konstanz, Center of Finance and Econometrics (CoFE)

2006

16. Putting risk in its proper place
    Post-Print, HAL View citations (387)
    Also in CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2005) View citations (6)
    LIDAM Reprints CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) (2006) View citations (301)
    See also Journal Article Putting Risk in Its Proper Place, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2006) View citations (412) (2006)

2005

17. Economic and financial decisions under risk
    Post-Print, HAL View citations (176)

2004

18. Adverse Selection in an Insurance Market with Government-Guaranteed Subsistence Levels
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article Adverse Selection in an Insurance Market With Government‐Guaranteed Subsistence Levels, Journal of Risk & Insurance, The American Risk and Insurance Association (2005) View citations (20) (2005)

2003

19. Multiplicative background risk
    CoFE Discussion Papers, University of Konstanz, Center of Finance and Econometrics (CoFE) View citations (1)
    Also in Discussion Papers, various Research Units, WZB Berlin Social Science Center (2002) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Multiplicative Background Risk, Management Science, INFORMS (2006) View citations (63) (2006)

2001

20. Changes in Risk and Asset Prices
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo
    See also Journal Article Changes in risk and asset prices, Journal of Monetary Economics, Elsevier (2002) View citations (24) (2002)
21. Coping with Credit Risk
    FAME Research Paper Series, International Center for Financial Asset Management and Engineering View citations (9)
    Also in Working Papers, Manitoba - Department of Economics (2001) View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Coping with credit risk, Journal of Risk Finance, Emerald Group Publishing Limited (2005) View citations (1) (2005)
22. Insurance Contracts and Securitization
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (4)

1999

23. Optimal Catastrophe Insurance with Multiple Catastrophes
    FAME Research Paper Series, International Center for Financial Asset Management and Engineering View citations (1)

1996

24. The No Loss Offset Provision and the Attitude Towards Risk of a Risk-Neutral Firm
    Working Papers, Toulouse - GREMAQ
    See also Journal Article The no-loss offset provision and the attitude towards risk of a risk-neutral firm, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (1997) View citations (31) (1997)

1994

25. Changes in Background Risk and Risk Taking Behavior
    Working Papers, Risk and Insurance Archive View citations (30)
    Also in CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (1992)
    See also Journal Article Changes in Background Risk and Risk-Taking Behavior, Econometrica, Econometric Society (1996) View citations (221) (1996)

1992

26. Insurance Markets with Noisy Loss Distributions
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo
27. Second-best insurance contract design in an incomplete market
    LIDAM Discussion Papers CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE)

Journal Articles

2023

1. Whoops! It Happened Again: Demand for Insurance That Covers Multiple Risks
   Risks, 2023, 11, (4), 1-17

2020

2. Risk apportionment: The dual story
   Journal of Economic Theory, 2020, 185, (C) View citations (11)
   See also Working Paper Risk Apportionment: The Dual Story, Papers (2017) View citations (3) (2017)

2018

3. Greater Mutual Aggravation
   Management Science, 2018, 64, (6), 2809-2811 View citations (12)
4. Measuring higher order ambiguity preferences
   Experimental Economics, 2018, 21, (2), 233-256 View citations (25)
5. ON THE ROBUSTNESS OF HIGHER ORDER RISK PREFERENCES
   Journal of Risk & Insurance, 2018, 85, (2), 313-333 View citations (25)
   See also Working Paper On the Robustness of Higher Order Risk Preferences, Working Papers (2016) View citations (1) (2016)
6. Risk†Taking†Neutral Background Risks
   Journal of Risk & Insurance, 2018, 85, (2), 335-353 View citations (6)

2015

7. Lattices and Lotteries in Apportioning Risk&ast
   The Geneva Risk and Insurance Review, 2015, 40, (1), 1-14 View citations (1)
8. Uncertain Bequest Needs and Long-Term Insurance Contracts
   Journal of Risk & Insurance, 2015, 82, (1), 125-148
   See also Working Paper Uncertain Bequest Needs and Long-Term Insurance Contracts, CESifo Working Paper Series (2008) (2008)

2014

9. Behavioral insurance: Theory and experiments
   Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 2014, 48, (2), 85-96 View citations (20)
10. Consistency of Higher Order Risk Preferences
    Econometrica, 2014, 82, 1913-1943 View citations (93)
    Also in Econometrica, 2014, 82, (5), 1913-1943 (2014) View citations (88)
    See also Working Paper Consistency of Higher Order Risk Preferences, CESifo Working Paper Series (2012) View citations (7) (2012)

2013

11. When Ross meets Bell: The linex utility function
    Journal of Mathematical Economics, 2013, 49, (2), 177-182 View citations (8)
    See also Working Paper When Ross meets Bell: The linex utility function, LIDAM Reprints ISBA (2013) View citations (5) (2013)

2012

12. Insurance Contract Design When the Insurer Has Private Information on Loss Size
    Journal of Risk & Insurance, 2012, 79, (4), 1039-1050 View citations (2)

2011

13. Risk taking with additive and multiplicative background risks
    Journal of Economic Theory, 2011, 146, (4), 1547-1568 View citations (48)
    See also Working Paper Risk Taking with Additive and Multiplicative Background Risks, Working Paper Series of the Department of Economics, University of Konstanz (2011) View citations (48) (2011)

2010

14. Exploring Higher Order Risk Effects
    The Review of Economic Studies, 2010, 77, (4), 1403-1420 View citations (121)
    See also Working Paper Exploring Higher-Order Risk Effects, CESifo Working Paper Series (2008) View citations (6) (2008)

2009

15. Apportioning of risks via stochastic dominance
    Journal of Economic Theory, 2009, 144, (3), 994-1003 View citations (94)
    See also Working Paper Apportioning of risks via stochastic dominance, Post-Print (2009) View citations (94) (2009)
16. On the utility premium of Friedman and Savage
    Economics Letters, 2009, 105, (1), 46-48 View citations (26)
    See also Working Paper On the utility premium of Friedman and Savage, Post-Print (2009) View citations (26) (2009)

2008

17. Changes in risk and the demand for saving
    Journal of Monetary Economics, 2008, 55, (7), 1329-1336 View citations (115)
    See also Working Paper Changes in risk and the demand for saving, LIDAM Reprints CORE (2009) (2009)
18. Precautionary Insurance Demand With State‐Dependent Background Risk
    Journal of Risk & Insurance, 2008, 75, (1), 1-16 View citations (27)

2007

19. A Good Sign for Multivariate Risk Taking
    Management Science, 2007, 53, (1), 117-124 View citations (168)
    See also Working Paper A good sign for multivariate risk taking, Post-Print (2007) View citations (162) (2007)

2006

20. Mossin's Theorem for Upper‐Limit Insurance Policies
    Journal of Risk & Insurance, 2006, 73, (2), 297-301 View citations (3)
21. Multiplicative Background Risk
    Management Science, 2006, 52, (1), 146-153 View citations (63)
    See also Working Paper Multiplicative background risk, CoFE Discussion Papers (2003) View citations (1) (2003)
22. Putting Risk in Its Proper Place
    American Economic Review, 2006, 96, (1), 280-289 View citations (412)
    See also Working Paper Putting risk in its proper place, Post-Print (2006) View citations (387) (2006)

2005

23. Adverse Selection in an Insurance Market With Government‐Guaranteed Subsistence Levels
    Journal of Risk & Insurance, 2005, 72, (1), 61-75 View citations (20)
    See also Working Paper Adverse Selection in an Insurance Market with Government-Guaranteed Subsistence Levels, CESifo Working Paper Series (2004) View citations (4) (2004)
24. Coping with credit risk
    Journal of Risk Finance, 2005, 6, (2), 118-134 View citations (1)
    See also Working Paper Coping with Credit Risk, FAME Research Paper Series (2001) View citations (9) (2001)

2003

25. Preserving preference rankings under background risk
    Economics Letters, 2003, 80, (3), 337-341 View citations (4)
26. Some Remarks on the Evolution of Risk Preferences
    The Geneva Risk and Insurance Review, 2003, 28, (2), 101-104 View citations (2)

2002

27. Changes in risk and asset prices
    Journal of Monetary Economics, 2002, 49, (4), 747-760 View citations (24)
    See also Working Paper Changes in Risk and Asset Prices, CESifo Working Paper Series (2001) (2001)

1999

28. Decomposing catastrophic risk
    Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, 1999, 24, (1-2), 95-101 View citations (12)

1997

29. Editor's Comments
    The Geneva Risk and Insurance Review, 1997, 22, (2), 71-71
30. Risk Aversion in Rent-Seeking and Rent-Augmenting Games
    Economic Journal, 1997, 107, (445), 1671-83 View citations (99)
31. The no-loss offset provision and the attitude towards risk of a risk-neutral firm
    Journal of Public Economics, 1997, 65, (2), 207-217 View citations (31)
    See also Working Paper The No Loss Offset Provision and the Attitude Towards Risk of a Risk-Neutral Firm, Working Papers (1996) (1996)

1996

32. Arrow's Theorem on the Optimality of Deductibles: A Stochastic Dominance Approach
    Economic Theory, 1996, 7, (2), 359-63 View citations (47)
    Also in Economic Theory, 1996, 7, (2), 359-363 (1996) View citations (48)
33. Changes in Background Risk and Risk-Taking Behavior
    Econometrica, 1996, 64, (3), 683-89 View citations (221)
    See also Working Paper Changes in Background Risk and Risk Taking Behavior, Working Papers (1994) View citations (30) (1994)
34. Portfolio choice under noisy asset returns
    Economics Letters, 1996, 53, (1), 47-51 View citations (2)

1995

35. Editor's Note
    The Geneva Risk and Insurance Review, 1995, 20, (1), 5-5
36. The Risk-Averse (and Prudent) Newsboy
    Management Science, 1995, 41, (5), 786-794 View citations (179)

1994

37. Increases in prudence and increases in risk aversion
    Economics Letters, 1994, 45, (1), 51-53 View citations (9)

1993

38. Optimal hedging in a futures market with background noise and basis risk
    European Economic Review, 1993, 37, (5), 949-960 View citations (31)
39. Optimal hedging when preferences are state dependent
    Journal of Futures Markets, 1993, 13, (5), 441-451 View citations (7)
40. The Valuation of Contingent Claims Markets
    Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 1993, 6, (1), 19-31 View citations (1)

1991

41. Increases in risk and deductible insurance
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1991, 55, (2), 435-440 View citations (21)
42. Reliability of Risk Management: Market Insurance, Self-Insurance and Self-Protection Reconsidered
    The Geneva Risk and Insurance Review, 1991, 16, (1), 45-58 View citations (19)

1990

43. Optimal Hedging under Intertemporally Dependent Preferences
    Journal of Finance, 1990, 45, (4), 1315-24 View citations (7)
44. Rational Insurance Purchasing: Consideration of Contract Nonperformance
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1990, 105, (1), 243-253 View citations (114)

1989

45. On the Analytics of Pure Public Good Provision
    Public Finance = Finances publiques, 1989, 44, (1), 102-09 View citations (7)

1988

46. Cutting the cake with a stranger: Egoism and altruism with imperfect information
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1988, 10, (4), 377-388 View citations (2)
47. Rudiments of insurance purchasing: a graphical state-claims analysis
    Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, 1988, 7, (4), 211-217

1986

48. A note on risk premiums with random initial wealth
    Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, 1986, 5, (3), 183-185 View citations (8)
49. Canons of Just Taxation: Efficiency and Fairness in an Economy with a Public Good
    Public Finance Review, 1986, 14, (4), 448-465 View citations (3)
50. Insurance Markets with Loss-Prevention Activity: Profits, Market Structure, and Consumer Welfare
    RAND Journal of Economics, 1986, 17, (2), 227-238 View citations (22)

1985

51. Product safety for a monopolist under strict liability
    Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, 1985, 4, (4), 253-261 View citations (1)

1984

52. Two-person insurance negotiation
    Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, 1984, 3, (3), 147-149 View citations (9)

1983

53. A theoretical model of medical malpractice and the quality of care
    Journal of Economics and Business, 1983, 35, (1), 83-94
54. Optimal Insurance in Incomplete Markets
    Journal of Political Economy, 1983, 91, (6), 1045-54 View citations (94)
55. The Optimal Deductible for an Insurance Policy When Initial Wealth Is Random
    The Journal of Business, 1983, 56, (4), 555-65 View citations (37)