Suppose a company is offering insurance where your premium is $500 and your payout is $2000. What is your expected utility from taking on this insurance? (Hint: you need to calculate your adjusted earnings in both states)

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  1. Imagine you are a person with a chronic disease. If the disease flares up, you will have to take substantial leave from work. The probability of the flare-up is 0.2 (or 20%). If you do not need to take leave from work, your income is $6400. If you take leave from work, your income is $1600.

 

 

  1. What is the expected value of your income?

Expected utility E [= (U(1)] = pU (IS) + (1-p) U (IH)

1600 x 0.2 + 0.8 x 6400 = 5540

  1. Assume that your utility function . What is the expected utility of your income?

0.8 √ 6400 + 0.2 √1600 = 72 utils

Suppose a company is offering insurance where your premium is $500 and your payout is $2000.

  1. What is your expected utility from taking on this insurance? (Hint: you need to calculate your adjusted earnings in both states)
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