• DOI:10.1007/S00199-002-0304-9
Corpus ID: 153741018

Risk aversion in the Talmud

@article{Aumann2003RiskAI,
  title={Risk aversion in the Talmud},
  author={R. Aumann},
  journal={Economic Theory},
  year={2003},
  volume={21},
  pages={233-239}
}

R. Aumann

Published 2003

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Economic Theory

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Summary. Evidence is adduced that the sages of the ancient Babylonian Talmud, as well as some of the medieval commentators thereon, were well aware of sophisticated concepts of modern theories of risk-bearing.