We examine asset prices in a representative-agent model of general equilibrium. Assuming only that individuals are risk … averse, we determine conditions on the changes in asset risk that are both necessary and sufficient for the asset price to … incomplete in the sense of containing an uninsurable background risk, such as a risk on labor income. We extend our model to show …

We use perturbation methods to derive a rule for the optimal risk-adjusted social cost of carbon (SCC) that … different aversions to risk and intertemporal fluctuations, convex damages, uncertainties in economic growth, atmospheric carbon …-run climate feedbacks. Our non-certainty-equivalent rule for the SCC incorporates precaution, risk insurance, and climate …

Lorenz dominance is characterized by this property and discuss the implications of these results for choice under risk. …

the impact of the recent reform on allowance prices. By including bounded rationality such as myopia or hedging …-ante in the decision making of the firms. Myopia and hedging requirements have little impact in the prereform market but … strongly drive market outcomes after the reform. In the post-reform market, hedging requirements in combination with …

matter of course that economics should become a natural science. Such a characterization misses an essential aspect of a …