This work shows that, in a two-period framework, prudence has a positive effect on optimal prevention. This conclusion is the opposite to that obtained in a one-period framework [Eeckhoudt L., Gollier C., 2005. The impact of prudence on optimal prevention. Economic Theory 26, 989-994]. This is...

This work makes a joint analysis of prevention and saving decisions. First we determine the optimal levels of the two variables and we analyze substitution between them. Second we provide some results about the effects on optimal saving and prevention of changes in exogenous present and future...