Adding Uncertainty to Future Consumption Will Tend to Increase Savings $U ^ { \prime \prime } > 0$

question 3

Multiple Choice

Adding uncertainty to future consumption will tend to increase savings providing:

• A) \(U ^ { \prime \prime } > 0\) .
• B) \(U ^ { \prime \prime } / U ^ { t } > 0\) .
• C) \(U ^ { \prime \prime } / U ^ { t } < 0\) .
• D) \(U ^ { \prime\prime\prime} > 0\) .

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Compensatory Order

A compensatory order is a legal direction to pay restitution, typically in civil litigation, designed to cover the loss or injury suffered by a plaintiff.

Equitable Remedies

Legal solutions given by a court based on fairness rather than strictly on laws, such as injunctions or specific performance.

Injunction

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