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Public Economics Lectures Part 1: Introduction

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Commitments and Risk Aversion<br />

How do commitments affect risk aversion?<br />

Utility over two goods, food and housing:<br />

U(f , h) = u(f ) + v(h).<br />

Adjusting h requires payment of a fixed cost k<br />

Agent follows an (S, s) policy<br />

<strong>Public</strong> <strong>Economics</strong> <strong>Lectures</strong> () <strong>Part</strong> 6: Social Insurance 68 / 207

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