(1)What's the lifetime happiness of the consumer if ONLY storage is used. Lifetime happiness=______ (2)What's the lifetime happiness of a consumer if ONLY investment is used. Lifetime happiness=_____
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In a DD model with 3 periods t=0,1,2. Each consumer is endowed with 1 potato at t=0, has probability 1/2 of becoming hungry at t=1 and probability 1/2 of becoming hungry at t=2. Consumer utility is given by u(c)=1-1/c.
Storage technology generates a gross return of 1 from period 0 to 1, and return of 1 from period 1 to 2.
Investment technology generates a return of 3 from period 0 to period 2. If an investment is liquidated early in period 1, its return is reduced to 0.5.
(1)What's the lifetime happiness of the consumer if ONLY storage is used. Lifetime happiness=______
(2)What's the lifetime happiness of a consumer if ONLY investment is used. Lifetime happiness=_____
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- Your utility function is U = In(2C) where C is the amount of consumption you have in any given period. Your income is $40,000 per year and there is a 2% chance that you will be involved in a catastrophic accident that will cost you $30,000 next year. Suppose that 25% of the population is comprised of individuals like you, who have a probability of a catastrophic accident, and the other 75% of the population will not face such a shock. The insurance company knows the incidence of catastrophic accidents in the aggregate, i.e., at the population level, but not to a person. Explain the conditions under which an insurance company might offer insurance (against income loss) to individuals, even if it could not determine who might be hit with a large negative income shock and those who might be hit with a small negative income shock.In a DD model with 3 periods t=0,1,2. Each consumer is endowed with 1 potato at t=0, has probability 1/2 of becoming hungry at t=1 and probability 1/2 of becoming hungry at t=2. Consumer utility is given by u(c)=1-1/c. Storage technology generates a gross return of 1 from period 0 to 1, and return of 1 from period 1 to 2. Investment technology generates a return of 3 from period 0 to period 2. If an investment is liquidated early in period 1, its return is reduced to 0.5. Suppose all consumers in town pool their potatos together. Of the 100 potatos, they store 70 and invest 30. When t=1 comes, early types are fed with the stored potatoes. When t=2 comes, late types are fed with the invested potatos. The expected lifetime happiness of a consumer = (keep 3 digits after decimal points, eg, 0.456)In a DD model with 3 periods t=0,1,2. Each consumer is endowed with 1 potato at t=0, has probability 1/2 of becoming hungry at t=1 and probability 1/2 of becoming hungry at t=2. Consumer utility is given by u(c)=1-1/c. Storage technology generates a gross return of 1 from period 0 to 1, and return of 1 from period 1 to 2. Investment technology generates a return of 3 from period 0 to period 2. If an investment is liquidated early in period 1, its return is reduced to 0.5. Suppose all consumers in town pool their potatos together. Of the 100 potatos, they store 50 and invest 50. When t=1 comes, early types are fed with the stored potatoes. When t=2 comes, late types are fed with the invested potatos. The expected lifetime happiness of a consumer =
- In a DD model with 3 periods t=0,1,2. Each consumer is endowed with 1 potato at t=0, has probability 1/2 of becoming hungry at t=1 and probability 1/2 of becoming hungry at t=2. Consumer utility is given by u(c)=1-1/c. Storage technology generates a gross return of 1 from period 0 to 1, and return of 1 from period 1 to 2. Investment technology generates a return of 3 from period 0 to period 2. If an investment is liquidated early in period 1, its return is reduced to 0.5. Suppose all consumers in town pool their potatos together. Of the 100 potatos, they store 20 and invest 80. When t=1 comes, early types are fed with the stored potatoes. When t=2 comes, late types are fed with the invested potatos. The expected lifetime happiness of a consumer = (keep 3 digits after decimal points)Q2: Consider a person who is thinking about whether to engage in a life of crime. He knows that, if he gets caught, he will be in jail and his consumption will be low, xº, but if he does not get caught, he will be able to consume an amount x₁ that is considerably above Χρ· (a) Suppose that x₁ = 20; x₁ = 80 (where both are expressed in thousands of pounds) and suppose the probability of getting caught is 8 = 0.5. What is the expected consumption level if the life of crime is chosen? (b) Suppose the potential criminal's tastes over gambles can be expressed using the following utility function u(x) = In (x). Calculate the person's expected utility from a life of crime. How does it compare with the utility of the expected value of consumption? Based on your answer, explain this individual's attitude towards risk and draw the consumption/utility relationship. (c) Consider the level of consumption this person could attain by not engaging in a life of crime. What level of consumption from an…1 -(Y– 11). V49 Suppose the random variable Y has a mean of 11 and a variance of 49. Let Z = Show that = 0. Hz =E I (Y-D] = 0 %D (Round your responses to two decimal places)
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