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You have a decision to invest $10,000 in any of four different companies. You estimate the
Probabilities that the economy will be favorable or unfavorable and you estimate the percent
Returns over the next year.
What is the expected value for Company 1?
Certainty Equivalent
The guaranteed amount of money that an individual would view as equally desirable to a risky gamble.
Probability
A measure of the likelihood of a certain event or outcome, expressed as a number between 0 and 1.
Expected Utility Maximizer
An economic concept referring to individuals or entities that make choices under uncertainty to maximize their expected level of satisfaction or utility.
Utility Function
Depicts how different combinations of goods or services generate levels of happiness or utility for a person or household.
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