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Private Risk

Gordon M. Kaufman
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management

Mahdi Mattar
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Center for Technology, Policy, and Industrial Development (CTPID)


June 2003

MIT Sloan Working Paper No. 4316-03

Abstract:     
We extend the traditional decision analytic approach to calculation of the buying (selling) price of a lottery by allowing a risk averse (risk prone) decision maker to rebalance his financial portfolio in the course of determination of these prices. Building on the classical portfolio allocation problem in complete markets, we generalize the standard treatment to include both traded and non-traded unique risks. Our principal focus is on private risks - risks that are not tradable or traded in financial markets. We show that allowing portfolio rebalancing in a distributive bargaining setting with risk averse negotiators expands the zone of possible agreement [ZOPA] relative to the ZOPA yielded when rebalancing is not allowed.

Keywords: Private Risks, Portfolio Rebalancing

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Date posted: June 18, 2003 ; Last revised: July 15, 2003

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Kaufman, Gordon M. and Mattar, Mahdi, Private Risk (June 2003). MIT Sloan Working Paper No. 4316-03. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=416211 or doi:10.2139/ssrn.416211


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Gordon M. Kaufman (Contact Author)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management ( email )
E53-375
Cambridge, MA 02142
United States
617-253-2651 (Phone)
617-258-7579 (Fax)
Mahdi Mattar
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Center for Technology, Policy, and Industrial Development (CTPID) ( email )
77 Massachusetts Avenue
E40-221
Cambridge, MA 02139-4307
United States
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