Ppt Lecture 5 Consumer Choice Under Uncertainty Powerpoint For the second inequality, write the left hand side as (β − α)p αp (1 − β)p and the right hand side as (β − α)p αp (1 − β)p, and again invoke independence. a similar argument works for the third inequality. step 2. now, i claim that for any p ∈ p, there exists a unique λp such that: λpp (1 − λp)p ∼ p. The consumer is risk averse because she would prefer a certain income of $20,000 (with a utility of 16) to a gamble with a .5 probability of $10,000 and a .5 probability of $30,000 (and expected utility of 14). the expected utility of the uncertain income is 14—an average of the utility at point a (10) and the utility at e (18)—and is shown.
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