Question: 6. (a) [15 POINTS] John has a ticket for a lottery with 100 tickets and one winner, with a prize of L3600, and a utility
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6. (a) [15 POINTS] John has a ticket for a lottery with 100 tickets and one winner, with a prize of L3600, and a utility function given by U (X ) - log X, where X is a non negative random variable. (i) Calculate the expected value of the lottery ticket. (ii ) Calculate John's expected utility E (U (X) ) and his certainty equivalence. (iii ) Is John risk averse? Justify your answer. (b ) [14 POINTS] Let X and Y be 2 random variables with E (X) - -3, V (X) = 4, E(Y) = -1, V (Y) - 1 and Cor (X, Y) - -0.25. (i) Compute COV (X, Y). (ii) Let Z =1 + 2X + 3Y. Compute E (Z) and V (Z)
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