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134 JOHN W. PRATT<br />

decision maker with assets x and utility function u would be indifferent between<br />

receiving a risk xz and receiving the non-random amount E(xz) — xn*(x,z). Then<br />

xit*(x,z) equals the risk premium n(x,xz), so<br />

(41) n*(x,z) = - n(x,xz) .<br />

For a small, actuarially neutral, proportional risk z we have, by (5),<br />

(42) 7t*(x,z)=i0 and has negative,<br />

strictly increasing risk aversion for c

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