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Q1. A farmer believes there is a 50-50 chance that the next growing season will be abnormally rainy. His expected utility function has the form
Expected utility = 0.5lnYNR + 0.5lnYR
Where and represent the farmers income in the state of ‘normal rain’ and ‘rainy’ respectively. Suppose the farmer must choose between two crops that promise the following income prospects
Crop |
YNR | YR |
Wheat |
$83,000 |
$10,000 |
Maize |
$83,000 |
$15000 |
What mix of wheat and maize would provide maximum expected utility to this farmer?
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