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UNSPECIFIED (1999) Risk and evolution. ECONOMIC THEORY, 13 (2). pp. 329-343. ISSN 0938-2259.
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Abstract
I examine a Knightian (1921) model of risk using a general equilibrium model of investment and trade. A population of agents with various preference types can choose between a safe production technology and a risky production technology. In addition, the distribution of types of agents changes through a standard evolutionary dynamic. For a given population distribution, the equilibrium is in general inefficient, however, by allowing the population distribution to change in response to market generated rewards, the population will converge to one where the equilibrium is efficient and where the population as a whole behaves as if all agents were risk neutral.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | ECONOMIC THEORY | ||||
Publisher: | SPRINGER VERLAG | ||||
ISSN: | 0938-2259 | ||||
Official Date: | March 1999 | ||||
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Volume: | 13 | ||||
Number: | 2 | ||||
Number of Pages: | 15 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 329-343 | ||||
Publication Status: | Published |
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