Use the Following to Answer Questions

question 155

Multiple Choice

Use the following to answer questions:
Scenario: Health Costs
Alan is hoping for a healthy year, meaning that he would have zero health costs. Given his habits, there is a 40% chance that Alan will develop a health issue resulting in $50,000 in health costs. Assume these are the only two conditions that could exist for Alan in the coming year.
-(Scenario: Health Costs) Look at the scenario Health Costs. Suppose that Alan decides to change his habits dramatically and as a result decreases the probability of his developing a health problem such that he now has a 20% chance of becoming ill. What is the expected value of Alan's health costs now?

• A) $0
• B) $10,000
• C) $20,000
• D) $2,000

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Definitions:

Monopolistic Competition

A trading environment where countless firms peddle products that bear resemblance but are not exact duplicates, offering them a fragment of control in the marketplace.

Pure Monopoly

A market structure where a single firm controls the entire market for a product or service, with no close substitutes and significant barriers to entry.

Allocatively Inefficient

A situation where resources are not distributed in a way that maximizes the benefits to society, often leading to a loss of economic welfare.

Marginal Benefit

The additional satisfaction or utility gained from receiving or consuming one more unit of a good or service.