8A company offers your friend, Lily, an interesting gamble involving giving her thechoice of the contents in one of two sealed, identical-looking boxes. One box has$10,000 in cash and the second has nothing inside. There is an equal probability thatthe chosen box contains cash versus nothing. Lily states that she would not call offthe gamble if you offered her a certain $2,999 instead of her choice of box. However,she would be indifferent if $3,000 was offered in place of the risky gamble; and shewould definitely take $3,001 to call off the gamble. We would describe Lily asin this instance.IA. Having a risk preferenceB. Being risk indifferentC. Being risk averseD. Cannot decideG

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A company offers your friend, Lily, an interesting gamble involving giving her u choice of the contents in one of two sealed, identical-looking boxes. One box h $10,000 in cash and the second has nothing inside. There is an equal probability the the chosen box contains cash versus nothing. Lily states that she would not call a the gamble if you offered her a certain $2,999 instead of her choice of box. Howeve she would be indifferent if $3,000 was offered in place of the risky gamble; and sh would definitely take $3,001 to call off the gamble. We would describe Lily in this instance. I A. Having a risk preference B. Being risk indifferent C. Being risk averse G

A company offers your friend, Lily, an interesting gamble involving giving her u choice of the contents in one of two sealed, identical-looking boxes. One box h $10,000 in cash and the second has nothing inside. There is an equal probability the the chosen box contains cash versus nothing. Lily states that she would not call a the gamble if you offered her a certain $2,999 instead of her choice of box. Howeve she would be indifferent if $3,000 was offered in place of the risky gamble; and sh would definitely take $3,001 to call off the gamble. We would describe Lily in this instance. I A. Having a risk preference B. Being risk indifferent C. Being risk averse G

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ill is offered a choice between receiving $50 with certainty or possibly receiving the proceeds from a gamble. In the gamble a fair coin is tossed, and if it comes up heads, Jill will receive $100; if the coin comes up tails, she will receive nothing. Jill chooses the $50 instead of the gamble. Jill's behavior indicates ________. regret avoidance overconfidence that she has a diminishing marginal utility of wealth. prospect theory loss aversion None of the above
6. Sharon lives in Saskatoon. She wants to go to the West Edmonton Mall for a shopping trip with her friends. She does not have a job or much money. She decides to pay for the trip with her credit card. Do you think this is wise? Explain. 7. Suppose you are borrowing $500 for 10 d from a financial institution. What would be the least expensive way? Explain.
Would Qualifying an Indorsement Be Ethical? Suppose you have taken a promissory note for $3,500 payable in 12 months with interest at 10 percent as payment for some carpentry work you did for a friend. You have some reason to believe the maker of the note is in financial difficulty and may not be able to pay the note when it is due. You discuss with an elderly neighbor the possibility of her buying the note from you as an investment, and she agrees to buy it from you for $3,000. Would it be ethical for you to indorse the note with a qualified indorsement ("without recourse")?
Prufrock is risk averse. He is offered a gamble in which with probability 1/4 he will lose $1,000 and with probability 3/4, he will win $500. a) If Prufrock's initial wealth is smaller than $1,500, he will certainly not take the gamble b) Since he is risk averse, he will certainly not take the gamble c) Since the expected value of the gamble is positive, he will certainly take the gamble d) Not enough information is given to determine for sure whether he will take the gamble e) If Prufrock's initial wealth is greater than $1,500, he will certainly take the gamble
Suppose that there are two possible investors with entirely different preferences. Think of A as an ant, who wishes to save for the future, and of G as a grasshopper, who would prefer to spend all his wealth on some ephemeral frolic, taking no heed of tomorrow. Suppose that each has a nest egg of exactly $100,000 in cash. G chooses to spend all of it today, while A prefers to invest it in the financial market. Both have access to a well-functioning, competitive financial market, in which they can borrow and lend at 5% interest rate. Suppose that A and G are offered the opportunity to invest their $100,000 in a new business that a friend is founding. This will produce a one-off surefire payment of $111,000 next year. What would the ant (A) and grasshopper (G) do ? Would they borrow or lend? How much and when would each consume? Multiple Choice A would lend, consume 0 today and $120,000 next year A would lend, consume 0 today and $105,000 next year G would borrow,…
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Suppose a life insurance company sells a $250,000 one-year term life insurance policy to a 24-year-old female for $360. The probability that the female survives the year is 0.999477. Compute and interpret the expected value of this policy to the insurance company. The expected value is $ (Round to two decimal places as needed.) Which of the following interpretation of the expected value is correct? O A. The insurance company expects to make an average profit of $32.71 on every 24-year-old female it insures for 1 month. O B. The insurance company expects to make an average profit of $359.81 on every 24-year-old female it insures for 1 year. O C. The insurance company expects to make an average profit of $20.84 on every 24-year-old female it insures for 1 month. O D. The insurance company expects to make an average profit of $229.25 on every 24-year-old female it insures for 1 year.
Mr. John is watching an old game show rerun on television called Let’s Make a Deal in which the contestant chooses a prize behind one of two curtains. One of the curtains will yield a gag prize worth Rs.14,700/-, and the other will give a car worth Rs. 63,600. The game show has placed a subliminal message on the curtain containing the gag prize, which makes the probability of choosing the gag prize equal to 60 percent. What is the expected value of the selection? (a) Rs. 24,260; (b) Rs. 34,260; (c) Rs. 43,620; (d) Rs. 32,620; (e) Rs. 26,420
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