Carolyn and Sanjay are neighbors. Each owns a car valued at $10,000. Neither has comprehensive insurance (which

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Carolyn and Sanjay are neighbors. Each owns a car valued at $10,000. Neither has comprehensive insurance (which covers losses due to theft). Carolyn’s wealth, including the value of her car is $80,000.

Sanjay’s wealth, including the value of his car is

$20,000. Carolyn and Sanjay have identical utility of wealth functions, U(W) = W0.4. Carolyn and Sanjay can park their cars on the street or rent space in a garage. In their neighborhood, there is a 50% probability that a street-parked car will be stolen during the year. A garage-parked car will not be stolen.

a. What is the largest amount that Carolyn is willing to pay to park her car in a garage? What is the maximum amount that Sanjay is willing to pay?

b. Compare Carolyn’s willingness-to-pay to Sanjay’s. Why do they differ? Include a comparison of their Arrow-Pratt measures of risk aversion.
(Hint: See Solved Problem 16.4.) M 3. Reducing Risk

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