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Overview

Louis Eeckhoudt is affiliated with IESEG School of Management in France and specializes in research within the fields of Economics, Econometrics and Finance, as well as Decision Sciences. Their work spans various subfields including Economics and Econometrics, General Decision Sciences, Management Science and Operations Research, General Health Professions, and General Economics, Econometrics and Finance.

The scientist's research covers main topics such as Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics, Risk and Portfolio Optimization, Market Dynamics and Volatility, Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life, Economic theories and models, Economic and Environmental Valuation, and Healthcare cost, quality, and practices.

Louis Eeckhoudt has contributed to multiple academic journals and publication venues, including:

  • Management Science
  • Journal of Mathematical Economics
  • Theory and Decision
  • Annals of Operations Research
  • Operations Research

Recent scholarly papers authored or coauthored by Louis Eeckhoudt include:

  • "Risk, Ambiguity, and the Value of Diversification" (2021) published in Management Science
  • "Intensity of preferences for bivariate risk apportionment" (2020) published in Journal of Mathematical Economics
  • "Risk aversion and the value of diagnostic tests" (2020) published in Theory and Decision
  • "Multidimensional risk aversion: the cardinal sin" (2022) published in Annals of Operations Research
  • "Dual Moments and Risk Attitudes" (2021) published in Operations Research

Frequent collaborators include:

  • David Crainich
  • Roger J. A. Laeven
  • Loïc Berger
  • Olivier Le Courtois
  • Han Bleichrodt

Best Publications

  • The Risk-Averse and Prudent Newsboy

    Louis Eeckhoudt;Christian Gollier;Harris Schlesinger

  • Putting Risk in its Proper Place

    Louis Eeckhoudt;Harris Schlesinger

  • Putting Risk in Its Proper Place

    Louis Eeckhoudt;Harris Schlesinger

  • Economic and Financial Decisions under Risk

    Louis Eeckhoudt;Christian Gollier;Harris Schlesinger

  • Changes in Background Risk, and Risk Taking Behaviour

    Louis Eeckhoudt;Christian Gollier;Harris Schlesinger

  • Self-insurance, self-protection and increased risk aversion

    Georges Dionne;Louis Eeckhoudt

  • Changes in risk and the demand for saving

    Louis Eeckhoudt;Harris Schlesinger

  • The economic value of informal care: a study of informal caregivers' and patients' willingness to pay and willingness to accept for informal care

    Bernard van den Berg;H. Bleichrodt;Louis Eeckhoudt

  • The impact of prudence on optimal prevention

    Louis Eeckhoudt;Christian Gollier

  • The impact of prudence on optimal prevention

    Louis Eeckhoudt;Christian Gollier

  • A Good Sign for Multivariate Risk Taking

    Louis Eeckhoudt;Béatrice Rey;Harris Schlesinger

  • Background Risk, Prudence, and the Demand for Insurance

    Louis Eeckhoudt;Miles Kimball

  • BACKGROUND RISKS AND THE VALUE OF A STATISTICAL LIFE

    Louis R. Eeckhoudt;James K. Hammitt

  • Risk: Evaluation, Management and Sharing

    Louis Eeckhoudt;Christian Gollier;Val Lambson;Denis Kessler

  • Apportioning of Risks via Stochastic Dominance

    Louis Eeckhoudt;Louis Eeckhoudt;Harris Schlesinger;Ilia Tsetlin

  • Even (mixed) risk-lovers are prudent

    David Crainich;Louis Eeckhoudt;Alain Trannoy

  • Even (Mixed) Risk Lovers Are Prudent

    David Crainich;Louis Eeckhoudt;Alain Trannoy

  • Optimal insurance without expected utility: The dual theory and the linearity of insurance contracts

    Neil A. Doherty;Louis Eeckhoudt

  • On the intensity of downside risk aversion.

    David Crainich;Louis Eeckhoudt;Louis Eeckhoudt

  • The economic value of informal care: a study of informal caregivers' and patients' willingness to pay and willingness to accept for informal care.

    Bernard van den Berg;Han Bleichrodt;Louis Eeckhoudt

  • Demand for risky assets and the monotone probability ratio order

    Louis Eeckhoudt;Christian Gollier

  • Apportioning of Risks via Stochastic Dominance

    Louis Eeckhoudt;Louis Eeckhoudt;Harris Schlesinger;Harris Schlesinger;Ilia Tsetlin

  • Putting Risk in its Proper Place

    Louis Eeckhoudt;Harris Schlesinger;Harris Schlesinger

  • Insurance and saving: some further results

    Georges Dionne;Louis Eeckhoudt

Frequent Co-Authors

Harris Schlesinger
Harris Schlesinger University of Alabama
Georges Dionne
Georges Dionne HEC Montréal
Michel Denuit
Michel Denuit Université Catholique de Louvain
Christian Gollier
Christian Gollier Toulouse School of Economics
Han Bleichrodt
Han Bleichrodt Erasmus University Rotterdam
Pierre Pestieau
Pierre Pestieau University of Liège
James K. Hammitt
James K. Hammitt Harvard University
Pierre Hansen
Pierre Hansen HEC Montréal
Luc Bauwens
Luc Bauwens Université Catholique de Louvain
Robert L. Winkler
Robert L. Winkler Duke University

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