Global Gas International offers to contract the Halidurton Heavy Construction Corporation to build an oil pipeline fromCanada to New Orleans that will provide Halidurton $500 million in income. The probability that the oil pipeline willleak, causing environmental damage is 0. If so, the legal liability will be $2,500 million.If Halidurton is risk neutral and liable for the damages from a leak, what is the 0 such that it is indifferent betweenaccepting and rejecting the contract?Halidurton is indifferent between accepting and rejecting the contract if 0 equalsrounded to the nearest whole number.)percent. (Enter your response

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using environmental damage is 0. If so, the legal liability will be $2,500 million. urton is risk neutral and liable for the damages from a leak, what is the 0 such that it is indifferent between ng and rejecting the contract? ton is indifferent between accepting and rejecting the contract if 0 equals percent. (Enter your respons

using environmental damage is 0. If so, the legal liability will be $2,500 million. urton is risk neutral and liable for the damages from a leak, what is the 0 such that it is indifferent between ng and rejecting the contract? ton is indifferent between accepting and rejecting the contract if 0 equals percent. (Enter your respons

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Chapter1: Making Economics Decisions

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