insead.edu/vanzandt Table of Contents 1 Choosing among Uncertain Prospects 1.1 Introduction to decision theory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.2 Lotteries and objective expected utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.3 States of nature and subjective expected utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Choosing when there is new information 2.1 Representing information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.2 Bayes’ Theorem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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consistent between all people. 2. Why is the utility theory applied to consumer choice theory silent about comparing people’s utility levels? The utility theory is silent because utility levels cannot be compared. The utility level of any person can be multiplied by any number without personal preferences changing; therefore‚ the utilities of different people cannot be compared. One person does not have a higher or lower level than someone else. Utility levels are only capable of measuring preferences
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the managers achieve maximisation of their own utility as well as utility of the shareholders. The conflicting interests of owners and management coincide with the objective of balanced growth of the firm as it ensures fair return on owner’s capital and faith in managers who achieve this goal. Marris specifies two utility functions. The utility function" of managers (Um) includes variables like salaries‚ status power and job security. The utility function of owners (Uo) includes variables such
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Lesson - 1 Business Economics- Meaning‚ Nature‚ Scope and significance Introduction and meaning : (Author : Dr. M.S. Khanchi) Business Economics‚ also called Managerial Economics‚ is the application of economic theory and methodology to business. Business involves decision-making. Decision making means the process of selecting one out of two or more alternative courses of action. The question of choice arises because the basic resources such as capital‚ land‚ labour and management are limited and
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euphemism‚ calling it breakfast. Dudley and Stephens when to trail for murder with‚ Brooks as witness. They confessed and claimed they had killed out of necessity. Arguments: 1. Did the benefits of killing the cabin boy‚ taken as a whole (considering utility of the 3 men’s family)? And consequences to society – weakening the norm against murder‚ increasing people’s tendency to take the law into their own hands. 2. Killing and eating a defenseless cabin boy is wrong for reasons that go beyond the calculation
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Outside Equity 1. Overview a. Compare behavior of manager who owns 100% vs. less than 100% i. Wholly owned he makes operating decisions which maximize his utility 1. Pecuniary returns and non-pecuniary aspects ii. Manager will expend resources to the point where the marginal utility derived from a dollar’s expenditure equals the marginal utility of additional purchasing power iii. As percent ownership falls‚ increased monitoring costs 2. Simple Formal Analysis of the Sources of Agency Costs of
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il/~canetti/f09-materials/f09-scribe9.pdf 3. http://www.econ.ucla.edu/iobara/SPE201B.pdf 2) a. What is indirect utility function? 1. http://www.princeton.edu/~dixitak/Teaching/MicroHighCalculus/Notes&Slides/Lec04.pdf 2. http://www.econ.hku.hk/~wsuen/teaching/micro/dual.html b. Given a direct utility function‚ how will you derive the indirect utility function? 1. c. Explain Roy’s identity. Section B 3) Derive the elasticity of substitution for the Cobb-Douglas
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willing to exchange exactly 1 rock and roll record for 2 classical records. Melody has convex preferences. a. True b. False （A）4. Maximilian consumes two goods‚ x and y. His utility function is U(x‚ y) = max{x‚ y}. Therefore x and y are perfect substitutes for Max. a. True b. False （B）5. Max Gross has the utility function U(x‚ y) = max{x‚ y}. If the price of x is the same as the price of y‚ Max will buy equal amounts of x and y. a. True b. False 6. If a consumer doesn’t consume any
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Malaysia’s economic system on utility maximization No rationale of Malaysia’s economic system on utility maximization Unclear discussion on the rationale of Malaysia’s economic system on utility maximization Brief discussion on the rationale of Malaysia’s economic system on utility maximization Clear discussion on the rationale of Malaysia’s economic system on utility maximization Able to discuss in detail the rationale of Malaysia’s economic system on utility maximization 30 Rationale
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Decisions are influenced by different factors as a price‚ income‚ preferences and utility of goods. Then it comes to a decision : What is most useful or utility for a consumer? Here are two different approaches to the behavior of the consumer. First one is a cardinalist approach to consumer behavior. According to a cardinalist version of theory of utility‚ consumer is able to measure utility as well as compare a size of utility of different goods. If we were to acquire more and more units of a good‚ we
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