A decision-maker faces a lottery that gives her a final wealth of 1 dollar with probability 1/4, 3 dollars with probability 1/2, and 8 dollars with probability 1/4. (a) Suppose this decision-maker is an expected utility maximizer with von Neumann-Morgenstern utility u₁(x)=√x+1, where x is her final wealth. Find the risk premium associated with this lottery. (b) Now suppose that a second decision-maker who maximizes expected utility with von Neumann-Morgenstern utility u2(x)=√x faces the same lottery. Without calculating this decision-maker's risk premium, determine whether it is higher than, lower than, or the same as that for the decision-maker in part (a).
Q: A company produces and sells a consumer product and thus far has been able to control the volume of…
A: A low breakeven point implies that the business will begin creating a gain sooner, though a high…
Q: mon is planning to retire in 20 years. He wishes to deposit a regular amount every six months until…
A: Retirement in 20 years After Retirement = 80,000 for 10 years r = 8%
Q: Joyce consumes x1 and x2 together in fixed proportions. She always consumes 1 unit of x2 for 2 units…
A: Here, preferences of Joyce is given as she prefers to consume 1 unit of good x2 for every 2 units of…
Q: Price (dollars per CD-RI Po Do Di Qo Q₁ Quantity (CD-Rs per week) Write an example of your choice…
A: Here we are given the market of CD-R. Where we have the demand for CD-R and the supply of CD-R. And…
Q: he market for Harvard hoodies in the campus store is in equilibrium. They currently sell 25 hoodies…
A: 1. Current Price of Hoodies : P=$50 Current demand of Hoodies : Q=25 Current Total Revenue : TR=P*Q…
Q: Refer to Figure 11-4. The movement from E to B to D in the figure above illustrates A) an…
A: The capital to labour ratio calculates the ratio of capital to labour. The capital-labour ratio…
Q: An engineer borrowed P1,000,000 to start a business with an interest rate of 13% per year. The term…
A: Loan Amount = 1,000,000 r = 13%
Q: Define the Gross national product (GNP). Please explain in two or more paragraph.
A: The gross national product (GNP) refers to an estimate of the total worth of all finished goods and…
Q: Banks often use the Apportion Method to authorize the borrower to pay a contractor for completion of…
A: Apportion technique is otherwise called closely resembling assessing, utilizes verifiable…
Q: Two events occur simultaneously in the market for California wine: Event 1: The price of glass wine…
A: Introduction: Equilibrium Point: The point of intersection where the demand curve and supply curve…
Q: Given the production function Y=(lp +kp)1/p, what is the technical rate of substitution, the…
A: A production function is a mathematical and occasionally graphical method of calculating production…
Q: . In the Solow growth model, defining s as the savings rate, Y, as output, and Ct as consumption,…
A: ANSWER: (5). Solution- In solow model, s¯ = saving rate Yt = Output Ct = consumption…
Q: Question 4 Solving Consumer's Choice Problem under CD Utility, Numerical The consumer with income Y…
A: Disclaimer :- Since you asked for multipart question we are solving the first 3 subparts as per…
Q: the supply of a good is perfectly inelastic, then suppliers will bear the full burden of an excise…
A: Market alludes to where the shopper can purchase anything they desire to purchase at the given costs…
Q: American and Japanese workers can each produce 4 cars a year. An American worker can produce 10 tons…
A:
Q: The market of candy is described by Ys = -8 +2P Yd=32-0.5P Which results in the market-optimal price…
A: In the free market, equilibrium price and quantity is determined by the forces of demand and supply.…
Q: Discuss, thank you What does the Law of Supply state? Why do supply and demand curves slope in…
A: "Since you have asked multiple question,we will solve first question for you.If you want specific…
Q: Suppose that the (unit) price is P=$7. How many units should be sold to maximize the seller's gains…
A: Given: Q C(q) 0 $0 1 $1 2 $3 3…
Q: The market for local free-range eggs consists of two farmers, Kurt and Jenn, who are price takers.…
A: Given Kurt's supply curve for eggs is P=0.45Q+2 ......(1) Jenn's supply curve for eggs is…
Q: A deposit of $1500 is made into a fund on March 18. The fund earns simple interest at 5%. On August…
A: on March 18 deposit = 1500 for 6% On Aug 5 interest rate Changed to 4.5% Fund value at 23 October
Q: Consider an economy that only produces the two goods of Pizza and Calzones. What is Nominal GDP if…
A: Gross domestic product(GDP) measures the money value of all final goods and services produced in an…
Q: How is GDP affected by inflation, exchange rate, interest rate & FDI?
A: Total national output is the monetary value of every single completed great and services made inside…
Q: An annuity-due has 26 payments of $200 per period. The effective rate of interest per period is 8%…
A: Annuity payment = 200 n = 26 effective rate for 12 years = 8% effective rate for 14 years = 4%
Q: Domestic Demand Function: p= 80-4Q Domestic Supply Function: p= 20+2.5Q There is an…
A: International trade refers to the buying and selling of goods and services across the world. When…
Q: List and discuss the two (2) main instruments of fiscal policy
A: Fiscal policy is one of the significant action of the government as it is used to influence the…
Q: An improvement in economic conditions would likely shift the supply curve down and to the right and…
A: A rise in supply causes a rightward shift of a supply curve; and a fall in supply causes a leftward…
Q: Show that the elasticity of scale for a homogeneous production function of degree k is precisely k.
A: The elasticity of scale: Elasticity of scale measures the proportionate change in output due to…
Q: The indirect exchange rate is $0.15 / ¥1. Then the direct exchange rate is O *0.15 / $1 O $6.67 / 1…
A: given that, the indirect exchange rate is $0.15 /¥1
Q: what are the disadvantage of social welfare to tourism?
A: Tourism is an important component for revenue for any nation in the world. Countries earn valuable…
Q: Assume N tasks, where there is one worker per task. Let q, [0,1] be the quality level of worker i.…
A: The theory was proposed by Michael Kremer in 1993. In order for the product to have its full worth,…
Q: Our simple growth model implies that Select one: a.countries with higher K/L ratios will have higher…
A: "Since you have asked multiple questions, we will solve first question for you .. If you want any…
Q: I need help with this. Tonight is the deadline. Help me please Given a QD = 100 – 2P and QS = 6P…
A: When there is no shortage or surplus of a product on the market, it is said to be in equilibrium…
Q: Chuck and Diane are both currently consuming 15 apples and 3 bananas each week, which we can call…
A: In financial matters, the marginal rate of substitution (MRS) is the rate at which a buyer can…
Q: A decision-maker with initial wealth w> 0 is choosing how many tickets to buy for a raffle. Tickets…
A: Price of a ticket = 1 Number of tickets bought = y such that y ( 0 to w ) Income = w Reward…
Q: Nominal and effective interest Joe Franklin is planning to retire in 16 years. He wishes to deposit…
A:
Q: What effect does migration and industrial development have on the economy and social behavior?
A: Note: We’ll answer the first question since the exact one wasn’t specified. Please submit a new…
Q: The company that you manage has already spent $8 million on developing a new product – a website…
A: A finished good or consumer good is a final product ready for sale that is utilized by the consumer…
Q: 10. Dependent & independent variables; positive & inverse relationships: Consider the curve labelled…
A: Equilibrium refers to the point where demand curve intersect supply Curve
Q: Domestic Demand Function: p= 80-4Q Domestic Supply Function: p= 20+2.5Q There was an international…
A: Producer surplus refers to the area that lies below the price and above the supply curve. It shows…
Q: The table below shows the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for Germany and the Venezuela. The inflation…
A: CPI or Consumer Price Index measures the total cost of goods and services bought by a typical urban…
Q: P8,000 is deposited in the bank each year for 10 years, how much annuity can a person get annually…
A: Essentially we required to know how much amount is compounded till Year 10, and subsequently how…
Q: aust y
A: Intro industry trade is the trade between same product industries for example exchange of cloth…
Q: please teach explain step by step, I do not know notations, concepts too
A: An indifference curve depicts a combination of two items in various proportions that provides a…
Q: Supply and Demand Suppose that the quantity supplied Sand the quantity demanded D of T-shirts at a…
A: Given, Supply= -600+50PDemand =1200 - 25p The demand curve shows the association between the amounts…
Q: The demanders in the goods-and-services market are the government and business firms households, the…
A: A circular flow model in the economy includes mainly four sectors, household sector, business firms…
Q: If the price level rises, what happens to aggregate supply? Aggregate supply _______. A.…
A: Aggregate supply refers to the total amount of goods and services supplied in the economy at given…
Q: Problem 3. Find the total differential for the following utility function U(x₁,x₂): U(X,X) = xỉ 4X -…
A: Given Utility function: U(x1,x2)=x12+x23-5x1x2 ......(1) The total differential of the…
Q: What are the arguments for and against Economic Growth? Write in four paragraphs
A: We know that The production, trade, and the consumption of the goods and services are the main…
Q: With a flat yield curve do you prefer to lend in the short term or long term A Short term since…
A: When talking about yield curve, it can be said that it represents the relationship between the…
Q: Describe internal and external managerial labor markets.
A: Since you have asked multiple questions, We will solve only the first question for you. If you…
Please teach not just solve
Step by step
Solved in 5 steps
- Let U(x)= x^(beta/2) denote an agent's utility function, where Beta > 0 is a parameter that defines the agent's attitude towards risk. Consider a gamble that pays a prize X = 10 with probability 0.2, a price X = 50 with probability 0.4 and a price X = 100 with probability 0.4. Compute the agentís expected utility for such gamble and find the value of Beta such that the agentis risk neutral? Suppose B= 1, what is the certainty equivalent of the gamble described above? What is the Arrow-Pratt measure of absolute risk aversion?Find the Pratt - Arrow risk - aversion function for a utility function U(W) = log(0.5-W + 500), where W is the amount of wealth in €. Suppose that an investor's wealth is subject to outcomes -800 €, 500 €, 500 € and 1, 000 € which affect the initial amount of 2,500 € with probabilities of their occurrence 40%, 15%, 15% and 30%, respectively. a) Using the Taylor approximation to certainty equivalent, calculate an approximate expected utility value. b) Calculate the certain equivalent of the investor's uncertain wealth. Interpret.Solve the following problem using an excel spreadsheet. A tobacco company isinterested in hiring a salesperson to promote smoking cigarettes in nightclubs. The position pays a flat salary of $50,000, regardless of sales levels. The firm has two applicants, Predictable Patty and Risky Ricky. Predictable Patty can produce with 100% certainty $100,000 a year in sales. Risky Ricky, on the other hand, can produce $300,000 with probability of 50%. But if he turns out to spend his time drinking and dancing in the nightclubs instead of making sales, he could actually cost the firm -$100,000 per year.a) During their first year on the job, what are the expected sales of Patty and Ricky? What are the firm’s expected profits on each worker?b) Now assume both workers are currently 25, and they will work until the retirement age of 65. The firm has the option to fire its new employee after one year based on sales, but can only hire one employee. Assume that it takes only one year to discover whether…
- Suppose the equilibrium price for good quality used cars is $20,000. And the equilibrium price for poor quality used cars is $10,000. Assume a potential used car buyer has imperfect information as to the condition of any given used car. Assume this potential buyer believes the probability a given used car is good quality is .60 and the probability a given used car is low quality is .40. Assume the seller has perfect information on all cars in inventory. If the seller sells the buyer a poor quality car, what is the net-benefit to the seller? a. A net gain of $6,000. b. A net loss of $20,000. c. A net loss of $6,000. d. A net gain of $10,000.Leo owns one share of Anteras, a semiconductor chip company which may have to recall millions of chips. The stock currently trades at $100/share. Leo believes the probability that they have to recall the chips is 50%. If the chips have to be recalled, the stock price will be cut in half, but otherwise it will remain $100. The expected value of Leo's share is ______ Assume Leo has the utility function, U(X)=√X. The minimum price Leo would accept to sell his share is _______ Leo's risk premium is ________A driver's wealth $100,000 includes a car of $20,000. To install a car alarm costs the driver $1,750. The probability that the car is stolen is 0.2 when the car does not have an alarm and 0.1 when the car does have an alarm. Assume the driver's von Neumann-Morgenstern utility function is U(W) = ln(W). Suppose the driver is deciding between the following three options: (a) purchase no car insurance, do not install car alarm; (b) purchase fair insurance to replace the car, do not install car alarm; and (c) purchase no car insurance, install car alarm. Of these three options, the driver prefers: A. option (a). B. option (b). C. option (c). D. options (a) and (b). E. options (a) and (c). F. options (b) and (c). G. all options equally. H. none of these options.
- For each of the following scenarios, determine whether the decision maker is risk neutral, risk averse, or risk loving. a. A manager prefers a 20 percent chance of receiving $1,400 and an 80 percent chance of receiving $500 to receiving $680 for sure. b. A shareholder prefers receiving $920 with certainty to an 80 percent chance of receiving $1,100 and a 20 percent chance of receiving $200. c. A consumer is indifferent between receiving $1,360 for sure and a lottery that pays $2,000 with a 60 percent probability and $400 with a 40 percent probability.Exercise 3: Risky Investment Charlie has von Neumann-Morgenstern utility function u(x) = ln x and has wealth W = 250, 000. She is offered the opportunity to purchase a risky project for price P = 160, 000. 1 1 With probability p = 2 the project will be a success and return V > 160, 000. With probability 1 −p = 2 the project will fail and be worthless (i.e. it returns 0). For simplicity assume there is no interest between the time of the investment and the time of its return, that is r = 0 . How large must V be in order for Charlie to want to purchase the risky project? [Hint: What is Charlie’s expected utility is she does not purchase the project? What is Charlie’s expected utility is she purchases the project?]The preferences of agents A and B are representable by expected utility functions such that uA(x) = 5x^1/3 +30, and uB(x)= 1/5x - 20. Then, the following allocation of the expected returns of a risky joint investment of A and B as represented by lottery L = ((2/3);1500), (1/3);120)) is Pareto efficient: (a) xA = (500,100), xB = (1000,20) (b) xA = (100,100), xB= (1300,20) (c) xA= (80,80), xB = (1420,40) (d) xA = (750,60), xB= (750,60) (e) NOPAC
- Dr. Gambles has a utility function given as U(w)=In(w). Due to the pandemic affecting his consulting business, Dr Gambles faces the prospect of having his wealth reduced to £2 or £75,000 or £100,000 with probabilities of 0.15, 0.25, and 0.60, respectively. Suppose insurance is available that will protect his wealth from this risk. How much would he be willing to pay for such insurance?Consider an individual who maximizes his expected utility with the following utility function: U(x) = logX He is faced with the lottery with the following probabilities and payoffs Probability Money 0.4 30 0.5 100 0.1 50 a. Find his expected utility b. Calculate the Certainty Equivalent c. Find the amount that the individual will be willing to pay in order to avoid the lottery (That is, the risk premium)When a famous painting becomes available for sale, it is often known which museum or collector will be the likely winner. Yet, the auctioneer actively woos representatives of other museums that have no chance of winning to attend anyway. Suppose a piece of art has recently become available for sale and will be auctioned off to the highest bidder, with the winner paying an amount equal to the second highest bid. Assume that most collectors know that Valerie places a value of $15,000 on the art piece and that she values this art piece more than any other collector. Suppose that if no one else shows up, Valerie simply bids $15,000/2=$7,500 and wins the piece of art. The expected price paid by Valerie, with no other bidders present, is $________.. Suppose the owner of the artwork manages to recruit another bidder, Antonio, to the auction. Antonio is known to value the art piece at $12,000. The expected price paid by Valerie, given the presence of the second bidder Antonio, is $_______. .