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Equilibrium in a capital asset market

Jan Mossin
- 01 Oct 1966 - 
- Vol. 34, Iss: 4, pp 768
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In this paper, the authors investigated the properties of a market for risky assets on the basis of a simple model of general equilibrium of exchange, where individual investors seek to maximize preference functions over expected yield and variance of yield on their port- folios.
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This paper investigates the properties of a market for risky assets on the basis of a simple model of general equilibrium of exchange, where individual investors seek to maximize preference functions over expected yield and variance of yield on their port- folios. A theory of market risk premiums is outlined, and it is shown that general equilibrium implies the existence of a so-called "market line," relating per dollar expected yield and standard deviation of yield. The concept of price of risk is discussed in terms of the slope of this line.

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Capital asset prices: a theory of market equilibrium under conditions of risk*

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a body of positive microeconomic theory dealing with conditions of risk, which can be used to predict the behavior of capital marcets under certain conditions.
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Liquidity Preference as Behavior towards Risk

TL;DR: In this article, the authors derived the liquidity preference schedule from some assumptions regarding the behavior of the decision-making units of the economy, and those assumptions are the concern of this paper.
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The Role of Securities in the Optimal Allocation of Risk-bearing

TL;DR: In this article, an extension of the theory of the optimal allocation of resources under conditions of certainty is presented, and an extension to conditions of subjective uncertainty is considered, where the authors consider an optimal allocation under subjective uncertainty.
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Equilibrium in a Reinsurance Market

TL;DR: In this article, it is shown that if uncertainty is considered as a commodity, it is possible to define a meaningful price concept, and to determine a price which makes supply equal to demand.
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L'Extension des Theories de l'Equilibre Economique General et du Rendement Social au Cas du Risque

Maurice Allais
- 01 Apr 1953 - 
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors proposed to generalize the classical theory of economic equilibrium and of welfare economics to the case of risk, which has not yet been the subject of systematic study.