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| − | + | "Defining the Mean-Preserving Spread: 3-pt versus 4-pt," ''Decision Making Under Risk and Uncertainty: New Models and Empirical Findings'' , edited by John Geweke. Amsterdam: Kluwer, 1992 (with Emmanuel Petrakis ). The standard way to define a mean-preserving spread is in terms of changes in the probability at four points of a distribution (Rothschild and Stiglitz [1970]). Our alternative definition is in terms of changes in the probability at just three points. Any 4-pt mean- preserving spread can be constructed from two 3-pt mean-preserving spreads, and any 3-pt mean-preserving spread can be constructed from two 4-pt mean- preserving spreads. The 3-pt definition is simpler and more often applicable. It also permits easy rectification of a mistake in the Rothschild-Stiglitz proof that adding a mean- preserving spread is equivalent to other measures of increasing risk. pdf (http://rasmusen.org/published/Rasmusen_92BOOK.mps.pdf | |
It is rumored that Rothschild and Stiglitz both took a course on Hardy-Littlewood-Polya. | It is rumored that Rothschild and Stiglitz both took a course on Hardy-Littlewood-Polya. | ||
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Naked Exclusion
I should write up the Whinston footnote.
Mean-Preserving Spread
I should write up the Southern Methodist University plagiarism.
"Defining the Mean-Preserving Spread: 3-pt versus 4-pt," Decision Making Under Risk and Uncertainty: New Models and Empirical Findings , edited by John Geweke. Amsterdam: Kluwer, 1992 (with Emmanuel Petrakis ). The standard way to define a mean-preserving spread is in terms of changes in the probability at four points of a distribution (Rothschild and Stiglitz [1970]). Our alternative definition is in terms of changes in the probability at just three points. Any 4-pt mean- preserving spread can be constructed from two 3-pt mean-preserving spreads, and any 3-pt mean-preserving spread can be constructed from two 4-pt mean- preserving spreads. The 3-pt definition is simpler and more often applicable. It also permits easy rectification of a mistake in the Rothschild-Stiglitz proof that adding a mean- preserving spread is equivalent to other measures of increasing risk. pdf (http://rasmusen.org/published/Rasmusen_92BOOK.mps.pdf
It is rumored that Rothschild and Stiglitz both took a course on Hardy-Littlewood-Polya.
