Consider two lotteries. The outcome of each lottery is the same: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or

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Consider two lotteries. The outcome of each lottery is the same: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6. In the first lottery each outcome is equally likely. In the second lottery, there is a 0.40 probability that the outcome is 3, and a 0.40 probability that the outcome is 4. Each of the other outcomes has a probability 0.05. Which lottery has the higher variance?
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Microeconomics

ISBN: 978-0073375854

2nd edition

Authors: Douglas Bernheim, Michael Whinston

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