The Expected Value of a Lottery Is

question 51

Multiple Choice

The expected value of a lottery is:

• A)the average payoff you would get from the lottery if the lottery were repeated many times.
• B)the sum of the probability-weighted squared deviations of the possible outcomes of the lottery.
• C)a measure of risk preference.
• D)the amount an individual would be willing to pay to enter a lottery.

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Definitions:

Marginal Propensity

The measure of how much consumption changes with a change in disposable income, indicating the proportion of additional income that is spent on consumption.

Consumption Spending

The total value of all goods and services consumed by households over a specified period.

Marginal Propensity

The ratio of the change in an economic variable (such as consumption or saving) in response to a change in another variable (such as income).

Disposable Income

Income remaining for a person to spend or save after all taxes have been paid.