Suppose a friend offers to flip a fair coin, with you paying your friend $100 if it

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Suppose a friend offers to flip a fair coin, with you paying your friend $100 if it comes up heads and your friend paying you $100 if it comes up tails. Explain why the expected dollar value is $0. Then explain why the expected utility value is negative if you are risk-averse.
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Economics

ISBN: ?978-0073511290

19th edition

Authors: Paul A. Samuelson, William Nordhaus

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