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EFFECTS OF TAXATION ON RISK-TAKINQ 265<br />

o e<br />

e(6)<br />

FIGURE IA<br />

Patterns of Return of Safe and Riaky Asset<br />

EW (l-iJ(B(TT) )-|-J ; where *'=a/E(W), the coefficient of vari­<br />

ation) .<br />

Arrow 8 has argued that:<br />

A. Absolute risk aversion decreases as wealth increases.<br />

B. Relative risk aversion increases as wealth increases.<br />

These assumptions about the utility function are equivalent to<br />

the following assumptions about how the allocation to the risky asset<br />

changes as wealth increases:<br />

A/ As wealth increases, more of the risky asset is purchased,<br />

i.e., the risky asset is superior.<br />

8. E. Arrow, op. cit.<br />

3. EFFECTS OF TAXES ON RISK TAKING 293

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