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An economy has two agents, Bill and Bob. Bill has $110, and Bob has $200. Utility of agents in this economy is characterized by the following function of income: U = u(y) = [ log(y - 60) if y 160 The minimum level of income possible in this economy is 60. Each agent is about to choose a new business venture, and has a choice between project A and project B. Neither project requires any investment up front. Project A yields revenues of 20 with probability = and revenues of -10 with probability -. Project B yields revenues of 4 with probability one-half and revenues of 5 with probability one-half. Throughout this problem, assume that fractional income is possible. (a) (5 points) Which project would each agent choose? Provide intuition for your answer. (b) (5 points ) If Bill and Bob each choose an investment project each year and receive the associated income for 20 years, will the expected gap in their incomes be larger or smaller at the end of this period than it was initially ? How does this relate to attitudes toward risk? You do not need to calculate income over 20 years, just provide intuition. (c) (10 points) Now, assume that there is a job available that provides fixed wage income. What salary would the job have to provide in order to induce Bill to take the job rather than entering a new business venture? What salary would the job have to provide in order to induce Bob to take the job? Which is higher, and why? Algebraic expressions are acceptable as answers.\f3. Bergson becomes a benevolent dictator. He has a subjects i = 1,... .n with CARA utilities w1...., un, respectively. (Write o, for the absolute risk aversion of i.) The total wealth in the society, Y, is a function of an unknown state w and is normally distributed with mean / and variance of. Bergson can choose any allocation r = (21, ... .2,) such that an (@) + ... +2, (w) I from her savings so that her wealth at t + 1 is my+1 = " (wt - 2,) if her wealth at t is wy and she consumes r, at t. (b) Find a sophisticated-optimal consumption strategy for her in which the self at any given date s consumes yes. Compute the constant y and briefly verify that this is indeed a subgame-perfect equilibrium of the multi-agent game. (c) For 8