Connecting Possibilistic Prudence and Optimal Saving
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https://doi.org/10.9781/ijimai.2013.244Keywords:
Possibility, Precautionary, Saving, TheoryAbstract
In this paper we study the optimal saving problem in the framework of possibility theory. The notion of possibilistic precautionary saving is introduced as a measure of the way the presence of possibilistic risk (represented by a fuzzy number) influences a consumer in establishing the level of optimal saving. The notion of prudence of an agent in the face of possibilistic risk is defined and the equivalence between the prudence condition and a positive possibilistic precautionary saving is proved. Some relations between possibilistic risk aversion, prudence and possibilistic precautionary saving were established.Downloads
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