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Risk Spreading

Risk Spreading is a risk management strategy that involves the distribution of potential losses across multiple parties or entities to reduce the financial impact on any single participant, distinguished by its systematic allocation of exposure to abnormally dangerous activities through mechanisms such as insurance, indemnification agreements, or diversified contractual arrangements.

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2017–2026

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105

Was Prometheus Unbound by Chance? Risk, Diversification, and Growth

Daron Acemoğlu, Fabrizio Zilibotti · Journal of Political Economy · 1997 · 1.5K citations

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General results concerning the trade-off between gaining energy and avoiding predation

Alasdair I. Houston, John M. McNamara, J. Hutchinson · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 1993 · 659 citations

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Medical insurance: A case study of the tradeoff between risk spreading and appropriate incentives

Richard Zeckhauser · Journal of Economic Theory · 1970 · 601 citations

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RISK-SPREADING AND BET-HEDGING IN INSECT POPULATION BIOLOGY

Keith R. Hopper · Annual Review of Entomology · 1999 · 481 citations

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Dynamics of Niche Width and Resource Partitioning

Stanislav D. Dobrev, Tai Young Kim, Michael T. Hannan · American Journal of Sociology · 2001 · 283 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. MG
    Martin Gaynor

    Carnegie Mellon University, United States

    3 publications · 272 citations

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  2. PG
    Paul Gertler

    University of California, Berkeley, United States

    3 publications · 272 citations

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  3. DA
    Daron Acemoğlu

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States

    2 publications · 1.6K citations

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  4. FZ
    Fabrizio Zilibotti

    Centre for Economic Policy Research, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 1.6K citations

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  5. MK
    Michael Keen

    International Monetary Fund, United States

    2 publications · 169 citations

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Institutions

190

  1. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    4 h-index

    19 publications

    553 citations

  2. University of Agder

    Kristiansand, Norway

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    344 citations

  3. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    689 citations

  4. Yale University

    New Haven, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    63 citations

  5. University of Padua

    Padua, Italy

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    249 citations

  6. Peking University

    Beijing, China

    2 h-index

    9 publications

    138 citations

  7. University of Zurich

    Zurich, Switzerland

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    120 citations

  8. University of Jyväskylä

    Jyväskylä, Finland

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    108 citations

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  2. The Bell Journal of Economics

    2 publications · 213 citations

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  3. Australian Journal of Botany

    AJB · 2 publications · 56 citations

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  4. arXiv (Cornell University)

    Repository · 2 publications · 67 citations

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  5. Journal of Risk & Insurance

    2 publications · 119 citations

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