Three decision makers have assessed utilities for the problem whose payoff table appears below. s1 s2 s3 d1 500 100 -400 d2 200 150 100 d3 -100 200 300 probabil ity .2 .6 .2 Indifference Probability for Person Payoff A B C 300 .95 .68 .45 200 .94 .64 .32 150 .91 .62 .28 100 .89 .60 .22 -100 .75 .45 .10 a. Plot the utility function for each decision maker. b. Characterize each decision maker's attitude toward risk. c. Which decision will each person prefer

Three decision makers have assessed utilities for the problem whose payoff table appears below. s1 s2 s3 d1 500 100 -400 d2 200 150 100 d3 -100 200 300 probabil ity .2 .6 .2 Indifference Probability for Person Payoff A B C 300 .95 .68 .45 200 .94 .64 .32 150 .91 .62 .28 100 .89 .60 .22 -100 .75 .45 .10 a. Plot the utility function for each decision maker. b. Characterize each decision maker's attitude toward risk. c. Which decision will each person prefer

Microeconomic Theory

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Chapter2: Mathematics For Microeconomics

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