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Expected utility of a Gaussian location-scale family

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For X=μ+σZ with Z having the standard normal distribution and an increasing concave utility function U, define f(μ,σ)=E[U(X)]. Then fμ​=E[U′(X)]>0 and Gaussian integration by parts gives fσ​=σE[U′′(X)]≤0. Moreover
Hessf=E[U′′(X)(1Z​ZZ2​)]
(1)
is negative semidefinite, so f is jointly concave in μ and σ.

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