Prediction markets allow traders to bet on future events. One prediction market that is particularly active this season involves betting on the winner of the U.S. presidential election. Thus, for example, if one trader buys one share of "Obama to win" from another trader, then if Obama wins the election the seller pays 1 dollar to the buyer, and if Obama does not win the seller pays nothing; either way, the seller keeps the money paid by the buyer for the purchase of the share. (a) Leila is an expected utility maximizer with von Neumann-Morgenstern utility u(x) In(x + 1) and initial wealth 4. Leila believes that Obama will win with probability 1/2.

Prediction markets allow traders to bet on future events. One prediction market that is particularly active this season involves betting on the winner of the U.S. presidential election. Thus, for example, if one trader buys one share of "Obama to win" from another trader, then if Obama wins the election the seller pays 1 dollar to the buyer, and if Obama does not win the seller pays nothing; either way, the seller keeps the money paid by the buyer for the purchase of the share. (a) Leila is an expected utility maximizer with von Neumann-Morgenstern utility u(x) In(x + 1) and initial wealth 4. Leila believes that Obama will win with probability 1/2.

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Chapter1: Making Economics Decisions

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