An investor with an initial endowment of $ 16,000 is confronted with the following productivity curve: C₁=240 (16,000 - Co)0.5 where Co denotes consumption at present, and C₁ consumption in the future. Assume the interest rate (for borrowing and lending) is 20%. The investor's utility function, from which it is possible to derive his indiffere U(CO, C1)=C0C1 How much does the investor borrow or lend in the capital market? O The investor borrowed $13,000 O The investor lent $13,000 The investor borrowed $7,000

An investor with an initial endowment of $ 16,000 is confronted with the following productivity curve: C₁=240 (16,000 - Co)0.5 where Co denotes consumption at present, and C₁ consumption in the future. Assume the interest rate (for borrowing and lending) is 20%. The investor's utility function, from which it is possible to derive his indiffere U(CO, C1)=C0C1 How much does the investor borrow or lend in the capital market? O The investor borrowed $13,000 O The investor lent $13,000 The investor borrowed $7,000

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Chapter1: Making Economics Decisions

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