Suppose That an Individual Is Risk-Averse

question 42

Multiple Choice

Suppose that an individual is risk-averse.If this individual's utility function is depicted in a graph,with income measured on the horizontal axis and utils on the vertical axis,the graph will be an upward-sloping:

• A)straight line through the origin.
• B)straight line with a positive vertical intercept.
• C)curve with a steadily increasing slope (i.e. ,a curve that is convex from below).
• D)curve with a steadily decreasing slope (i.e. ,a curve that is concave from below).

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