An extension of a theorem by Mitjushin and Polterovich to incomplete markets

This paper generalises the Mitjushin–Polterovich theorem to the case of economies with incomplete financial markets where utility functions are of the von-Neumann–Morgenstern type. We thus give a sufficient condition on the joint distribution of the asset payoffs and the endowments which guarantees...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of mathematical economics 1998-10, Vol.30 (3), p.285-300
1. Verfasser: Bettzuge, Marc Oliver
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:This paper generalises the Mitjushin–Polterovich theorem to the case of economies with incomplete financial markets where utility functions are of the von-Neumann–Morgenstern type. We thus give a sufficient condition on the joint distribution of the asset payoffs and the endowments which guarantees strict monotonicity of individual demand functions if the utility functions display small relative risk aversion.
ISSN:0304-4068
1873-1538
DOI:10.1016/S0304-4068(97)00046-3