Define risk-loving behavior

What will be an ideal response?


It refers to a person's preference for an uncertain deal over a certain deal with an equal expected value.

Economics

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When a firm adopts new technology, generally its

A) cost curves shift upward. B) cost curves shift downward. C) cost curves are unaffected. D) supply curve shifts leftward. E) production permanently decreases.

Economics

Assume that the user cost of capital (C) is simply


where r is the after tax rate of return, ? is the depreciation rate, ? is the corporate tax rate and,
r is the individual tax rate. Now assume further that the after-tax rate of return is 10 percent
and the economic depreciation rate is 2 percent. The firm faces corporate taxes of 35 percent
with an individual tax rate of 25 percent. What is the user cost of capital in this case?

Economics

On the job training:

a. is an important component for building human capital b. may be just as important as formal education in raising productivity c. is less amenable to influence by the government d. All of the above are correct.

Economics

A likely effect of government policies that redistribute income and wealth from the wealthy to the poor is that those policies

a. enhance equality. b. enhance efficiency. c. increase the reward for working hard. d. All of the above are correct.

Economics