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- A woman with current wealth X has the opportunity to bet an amount on the occurrence of an event that she knows will occur with probability P. If she wagers W, she will received 2W, if the event occur and if it does not. Assume that the Bernoulli utility function takes the form u(x) = with r > 0. How much should she wager? Does her utility function exhibit CARA, DARA, IARA? Alex plays football for a local club in Kumasi. If he does not suffer any injury by the end of the season, he will get a professional contract with Kotoko, which is worth $10,000. If he is injured though, he will get a contract as a fitness coach worth $100. The probability of the injury is 10%. Describe the lottery What is the expected value of this lottery? What is the expected utility of this lottery if u(x) = Assume he could buy insurance at price P that could pay $9,900 in case of injury. What is the highest value of P that makes it worthwhile for Alex to purchase insurance? What is the certainty…Angie owns an endive farm that will be worth $90,000 or $0 with equal probability. Her Bernouilli utility function is u(w) =√w, where w is her wealth level (sum of initial wealth and the worth of the endive farm). 1. Suppose her firm is the only asset she has, that is, she has no initial wealth. What is the lowest price P at which she will agree to sell her endive farm before she knows how much it will be worth? 2. Redo part (1) assuming that she has $160,000 in her bank safe. 3. Compare and discuss your results in parts (1) and (2). What relationship can you find between Angie’s initial wealth level (zero versus $160,000) and her risk aversion?Jamal has a utility function U = W1/2, where W is his wealth in millions of dollars and U is the utility he obtains from that wealth. In the final stage of a game show, the host offers Jamal a choice between (A) $4 million for sure, or (B) a gamble that pays $1 million with probability 0.6 and $9 million with probability 0.4. a. b. c. d. Graph Jamal’s utility function. Is he risk averse? Explain. (2+2) Does A or B offer Jamal a higher expected prize? Explain your reasoning with appropriate calculations. (1) Does A or B offer Jamal a higher expected utility? Explain your reasoning with calculations. (2) Should Jamal pick A or B? Why?
- 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?Consider the following utility functions for wealth w: (i) u(w) = 3w, (ii) u(w) = w^1/3, (iii) u(w) = w + sqrt(w), (iv) u(w) = w*sqrt(w). Which of these is most risk-averse (has the highest Arrow-Pratt coefficient of absolute risk aversion) at w = 1?A. (i)B. (ii)C. (iii)D. (iv)Consider a person with the following utility function over wealth: u(w) = ew, where e is the exponential function (approximately equal to 2.7183) and w = wealth in hundreds of thousands of dollars. Suppose that this person has a 40% chance of wealth of $100,000 and a 60% chance of wealth of $2,000,000 as summarized by P(0.40, $100,000, $2,000,000). a. What is the expected value of wealth? b. Construct a graph of this utility function . c. Is this person risk averse, risk neutral, or a risk seeker? d. What is this person’s certainty equivalent for the prospect?
- Let W0 represents an individual’s current wealth and U(W) is this individual’s von Neumann-Morgenstern utility index (or utility function) that reflects how s/he feels about various levels of wealth. Assume this individual marginal utility of wealth decreases a wealth increases. Which of the following statements is true? a. This individual will prefer to keep his or her current wealth rather than taking a fair gamble. b. For this individual, a 50-50 chance of winning or losing c dollars yields less expected utility than does refusing the bet. c. This individual is said to be risk averse. d. All of the above.Consider the following claim: “If a decision maker prefers one given lottery that yields $x with probability 1 over another given lottery whose expected return is $x, then we can fully characterize the agent's risk attitude. That is, this information comparing two given lotteries is enough to determine if the decision maker is risk averse, risk loving or risk neutral.” If this claim is TRUE, then provide a proof. If it is FALSE, then prove your argument by providing an explanation.Suppose Alex’s utility function is u ($x) = √x. Assume her initial wealth is 0. Is it possible that Alex’s expected utility from the prospect equals $5, why? What is the possible range of Alex’s expected utility?