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

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  1. 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

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