Consider a city where everyone commutes to the city center, and the commuting cost per mile per month is $50. Each household occupies a 1,500-square-foot dwelling and has $10,000 worth of possessions in its dwelling. The probability that any particular household will be burglarized and lose all its possessions (no insurance) is 0.2 (per month) at the city center and decreases by 0.01 per mile (to 0.19 at one mile, 0.18 at two miles, and so on). The price of housing is $2 per square foot at the city center. 1. Starting from the center, a one-mile move outward changes the expected value of the loss from crime from_ change of to ___----, a per square foot. 2. The slope of the housing-price curve is computed as 3. Draw the housing-price curve for locations up to five miles from the city center. The price changes from at the city center to five miles away.
Consider a city where everyone commutes to the city center, and the commuting cost per mile per month is $50. Each household occupies a 1,500-square-foot dwelling and has $10,000 worth of possessions in its dwelling. The probability that any particular household will be burglarized and lose all its possessions (no insurance) is 0.2 (per month) at the city center and decreases by 0.01 per mile (to 0.19 at one mile, 0.18 at two miles, and so on). The price of housing is $2 per square foot at the city center. 1. Starting from the center, a one-mile move outward changes the expected value of the loss from crime from_ change of to ___----, a per square foot. 2. The slope of the housing-price curve is computed as 3. Draw the housing-price curve for locations up to five miles from the city center. The price changes from at the city center to five miles away.
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Transcribed Image Text:Consider a city where everyone commutes to
the city center, and the commuting cost per mile
per month is $50. Each household occupies a
1,500-square-foot dwelling and has $10,000
worth of possessions in its dwelling. The
probability that any particular household will be
burglarized and lose all its possessions (no
insurance) is 0.2 (per month) at the city center
and decreases by 0.01 per mile (to 0.19 at one
mile, 0.18 at two miles, and so on). The price of
housing is $2 per square foot at the city center.
1. Starting from the center, a one-mile move
outward changes the expected value of the loss
from crime from_
to
------, a
change of
per square foot.
2. The slope of the housing-price curve is
computed as
3. Draw the housing-price curve for locations up
to five miles from the city center. The price
changes from
at the city center to
five miles away.
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