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An individual has an initial wealth of $35,000 and might incur a loss of $10,000 with probability p.Insurance is available that charges $gK to purchase $K of coverage.What value of g will make the insurance actuarially fair? If she is risk averse and insurance is fair,what is the optimal amount of coverage?


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