Pure rank preferences and variation in risk-taking behavior

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Zitierfähiger Link (URI): http://hdl.handle.net/10900/92884
http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:21-dspace-928848
http://dx.doi.org/10.15496/publikation-34265
Dokumentart: Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2019-09-17
Originalveröffentlichung: University of Tübingen Working Papers in Economics and Finance ; No. 123
Sprache: Englisch
Fakultät: 6 Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät
Fachbereich: Wirtschaftswissenschaften
DDC-Klassifikation: 330 - Wirtschaft
Schlagworte: Ranking
Freie Schlagwörter:
Rank in the wealth distribution
Rank-based utility
Variation in risk-taking behavior
Relative risk aversion
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Abstract:

Assuming that an individual’s rank in the wealth distribution is the only factor determining the individual’s wellbeing, we analyze the individual’s risk preferences in relation to gaining or losing rank, rather than the individual’s risk preferences towards gaining or losing absolute wealth. We show that in this characterization of preferences, a high-ranked individual is more willing than a low-ranked individual to take risks that can provide him with a rise in rank: relative risk aversion with respect to rank in the wealth distribution is a decreasing function of rank. This result is robust to incorporating (the level of) absolute wealth in the individual’s utility function.

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