Investment in Real Assets and Information Acquisition: The Oce Proferences Case

7 Pages Posted: 16 Jun 2002

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Deniz Ozenbas

City University of New York, Baruch College - Zicklin School of Business - Department of Economics and Finance; Montclair State University - School of Business

Christos I. Giannikos

CUNY - Baruch College; CUNY - The Graduate Center

Date Written: April 8, 2002

Abstract

An agent optimizes over real investment and investment in information acquisition while maximizing a two-period utility that captures his ordinal certainty equivalent (OCE) preferences. Optimal investment is characterized and the impact of risk and time preferences on it is investigated.

Keywords: Information, Ordinal Certainty Equivalent Preferences, Risk Aversion

JEL Classification: D81, E21, G10

Suggested Citation

Ozenbas, Deniz and Giannikos, Christos I., Investment in Real Assets and Information Acquisition: The Oce Proferences Case (April 8, 2002). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=314268 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.314268

Deniz Ozenbas

City University of New York, Baruch College - Zicklin School of Business - Department of Economics and Finance ( email )

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Montclair State University - School of Business

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Christos I. Giannikos (Contact Author)

CUNY - Baruch College ( email )

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CUNY - The Graduate Center ( email )

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