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Old 09-11-2006, 05:53 PM
jrz1972 jrz1972 is offline
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Default Re: To hedgers: Adding insult to injury

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First, reference dependent preferences are a descriptive tool for explaining the actions of apparently irrational agents, not a normative tool for saying how rational advantage gamblers should behave.

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Yep. You're basically telling people that their utility functions are "wrong." You're advancing a "HEDGERS ARE ALL PU$$IES!!11!" argument and dressing it up in academic-sounding language.
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