A Given Person Is Risk Loving Through All Relevant Levels

question 35

Multiple Choice

A given person is risk loving through all relevant levels of income.This person, facing the prospect of receiving an extra $5,000 with probability 0.5 and losing $5,000 with probability 0.5, would be willing to buy:

• A)more insurance to avoid the risk than if the probabilities were 0.25 and 0.75 of receiving the extra $5,000 and losing $5,000, respectively.
• B)less insurance to avoid the risk than if the probabilities were 0.25 and 0.75 of receiving the extra $5,000 and losing $5,000, respectively.
• C)the same amount of insurance to avoid the risk than if the probabilities were 0.25 and 0.75 of receiving the extra $5,000 and losing $5,000, respectively.
• D)no insurance to avoid the risk even if the probabilities were 0.25 and 0.75 of receiving the extra $5,000 and losing $5,000, respectively.
• E)up to $10,000 in insurance if the probability of loss were sufficiently high.