Dan Hein Owns the Mineral and Drilling Rights to a 1,000

question 44

Multiple Choice

Dan Hein owns the mineral and drilling rights to a 1,000 hectare tract of land.If he drills a well and does not strike oil his net loss will be $50,000,but if he drills a well and strikes oil his net gain will be $100,000.If he does not drill,his loss is the cost of the mineral and drilling rights,which amount to $1000.The probability of the state of nature "oil in the tract" is unknown.If Dan is a pessimist,he would choose the ___.

• A)maximin criterion
• B)maximax criterion
• C)Hurwicz criterion
• D)minimax regret strategy
• E)maximin regret strategy

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Definitions:

Punishment

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Psychic Agent

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Equilibrium

A state of balance or stability arising from the equal action of opposing forces.