=+a. Calculate Hughs marginal utility of income. What is his attitude toward risk? b. Hugh is thinking

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=+a. Calculate Hugh’s marginal utility of income. What is his attitude toward risk?

b. Hugh is thinking about gambling in a casino. With a probability of 0.5 he will lose $3,000, and with a probability of 0.5 he will win $5,000. What is the expected value of Hugh’s income? What is Hugh’s expected utility? Will he decide to gamble? (Suppose that he gets

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Economics

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5th Edition

Authors: Robin Krugman, Paul Wells

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