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In ques to la voro si introduce la classeU delle funzioni reali definite in un reticolo che sono funzioni di utilità di una classe di decisorti detti avversi al rischio e si caratterizza la dominancza stocastica secondo la classeU.

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The aim of this paper is to generalize a result of [4] about stochastic dominance under the assumption of risk aversion. The generalization consists in considering the case of random variables defined on a lattice. We introduce a class of real valued utility functions on a lattice, we show their properties in terms of comparison of lotteries and risk aversiion. The main result of the paper is a characterization of stochastic dominance through this class of functions.

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Cardin, M. Dominanza stocastica con avversione al rischio. Rivista di Matematica per le Scienze Economiche e Sociali 10, 23–32 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02090473

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