ENGR.ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
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You need to hire some new employees to staff your startup venture. You know that potential employees are distributed throughout the population as follows, but you can't distinguish among them:
Employee Value
|
Probability
|
---|---|
$35,000 | 0.1 |
$46,000 | 0.1 |
$57,000 | 0.1 |
$68,000 | 0.1 |
$79,000 | 0.1 |
$90,000 | 0.1 |
$101,000 | 0.1 |
$112,000 | 0.1 |
$123,000 | 0.1 |
$134,000 | 0.1 |
The expected value of hiring one employee is $_____
.
Suppose you set the salary of the position equal to the expected value of an employee. Assume that employees will not work for a salary below their employee value.
The expected value of an employee who would apply for the position, at this salary, is $_____
.
Given this adverse selection, your most reasonable salary offer (that ensures you do not lose money) is _________ ($46,000/$57,000/$35,000/$68,000).
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