John's Utility from an Additional Dollar Increases More When He

question 34

Multiple Choice

John's utility from an additional dollar increases more when he has $1,000 than when he has $10,000.From this,we can conclude that John

• A) is risk averse.
• B) is risk loving.
• C) is risk neutral.
• D) has a negative marginal utility of wealth.

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Numerator

The top number in a fraction, indicating how many parts of a whole are being considered.

Two-tailed Test

A statistical test in which the critical area for rejection of the null hypothesis is on both sides of the distribution.

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