Custom Home Designs

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Essay

Custom Home Designs
Three different designs are being considered for new custom homes,and profits will depend on the combination of the custom home design and market condition.The following payoff table summarizes the decision situation,with amounts in millions of dollars. Assume that the following probabilities are assigned to the three market conditions: P(s₁)= 0.1,P(s₂)= 0.6,and P(s₃)= 0.3. ​ ​
-{Custom Home Designs Narrative} Determine the expected payoff that would be realized if perfect information were available.

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Definitions:

Short Run

A period in economics during which at least one input (e.g., factory size) is fixed and cannot be changed.

Long Run

A period of time in economics during which all factors of production and outputs are variable, allowing for full adjustment to changes.

Perfect Competitor

A theoretical concept in which a market structure has many small sellers, all producing homogeneous products with no control over market price.

Economic Profit

The difference between total revenue and total costs, including both explicit and implicit costs, representing additional gain over and above normative expectations.