Alex, Who Is Risk-Neutral, Is Looking for an One-Bedroom Apartment

question 81

Multiple Choice

Alex, who is risk-neutral, is looking for an one-bedroom apartment to rent for the month of August while he's on vacation in Seattle. All of the one-bedroom apartments in the neighborhood where he wants to stay are of equal quality, but 70 percent rent for $700 per month, 20 percent rent for $600 per month, and 10 percent rent for $500 per month. The first apartment Alex finds rents for $700 per month. If the cost to Alex of searching for an apartment is $40, then searching for another apartment is a gamble with an expected value of:

• A)-$10.
• B)$0.
• C)$10.
• D)$20.

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