Question: With major renovation, at Bascomb's Candy ( See Problem 1 above ) the payoff from a favorable market is $ 1 0 0 , 0

With major renovation, at Bascomb's Candy (See Problem 1 above) the payoff from a favorable market is $100,000, from an unfavorable market $-90,000. Minor renovations and favorable market has a payoff of $40,000 and an unfavorable market $-20,000. Assuming that a favorable market and an unfavorable market are equally likely, solve the decision tree.Jeff Heyl, the owner of Bascomb's Candy (Problem 1 and 2 above) realizes that he should get more information before making his final decision. He decides to contract with a market research firm to conduct a market survey. How much should Jeff be willing to pay for accurate information (i.e. What is the Expected Value of Perfect Information, EVPI?)?

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