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Choices at various levels of uncertainty: An experimental test of the restated diversification theorem
Växjö University, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, School of Management and Economics. Nationalekonomi och Statistik. (Centre for Labour Market Policy Research (CAFO))
Linköpings universitet.
2006 (English)In: Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, ISSN 0895-5646, E-ISSN 1573-0476, Vol. 33, no 3, p. 183-196Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Our ``Restated diversification theorem'' (Skogh and Wu, 2005) says that risk-averse agents may pool risks efficiently without assignment of subjective probabilities to outcomes, also at genuine uncertainty. It suffices that the agents presume that they face equal risks. Here, the theorem is tested in an experiment where the probability of loss, and the information about this probability, varies. The result supports our theorem. Moreover, it tentatively supports an evolutionary theory of the insurance industry--starting with mutual pooling at uncertainty, turning into insurance priced ex ante when actuarial information is available.

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Springer , 2006. Vol. 33, no 3, p. 183-196
Keywords [en]
Loss sharing, Insurance, Risk, Ambiguity, Uncertainty, Experiment
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Economics
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Economy, Economics
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URN: urn:nbn:se:vxu:diva-3363DOI: 10.1007/s11166-006-0332-0OAI: oai:DiVA.org:vxu-3363DiVA, id: diva2:203319
Available from: 2007-06-05 Created: 2007-06-05 Last updated: 2017-12-13Bibliographically approved

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