Chicken Little is risk-neutral, but is concerned about the sky falling. She believes that there is a 25% chance of this happening. If it does, her egg collection (valued at $2,000,000) will be crushed. A backyard bunker salesman offers to sell her a disaster shelter, installed, for only $400,000. Given Chicken Little’s beliefs, should she buy the shelter?

Chicken Little is risk-neutral, but is concerned about the sky falling. She believes that there is a 25% chance of this happening. If it does, her egg collection (valued at $2,000,000) will be crushed. A backyard bunker salesman offers to sell her a disaster shelter, installed, for only $400,000. Given Chicken Little’s beliefs, should she buy the shelter?

A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)

10th Edition

ISBN:9780134753119

Author:Sheldon Ross

Publisher:Sheldon Ross

Chapter1: Combinatorial Analysis

Section: Chapter Questions

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