Exhibit 14.1 The Following Questions Are Based on the Information Below

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Multiple Choice

Exhibit 14.1
The following questions are based on the information below.
An investor is considering 4 investments, A, B, C and leaving his money in the bank. The payoff from each investment is a function of the economic climate over the next 2 years. The economy can expand or decline. The following payoff matrix has been developed for the decision problem.
-Suppose that the regrets for an alternative with three states of nature are: 20, 10, and 0. The probabilities of these states of nature are 0.2, 0.3, and 0.5, respectively. The expected regret for the alternative is equal to

• A) 7
• B) 20
• C) 10
• D) 30

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