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10 October, 10:22

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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  1. 10 October, 12:55
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    b. $0.

    Explanation:

    We need to find the expected value of the gamble which is compared to $700. Given that there is apartments where 70 percent rent for $700 per month, 20 percent rent for $600 per month, and 10 percent rent for $500 per month. The cost to Alex of searching for an apartment is $40.

    Expected cost of searching the next apartment = 700*0.7 + 600*0.2 + 500*0.1 + 40 = $700.

    Now the first apartment has a rent of $700 and the expected cost of searching the next apartment is also $700. This implies the gamble has an expected value of $0 and Alex is indifferent between searching or non searching.
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