PROBLEM (6) A farmer with expected utility preferences with 𝒖(𝒙) = โˆš𝒙 can experience a Bountiful

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PROBLEM (6) A farmer with expected utility preferences with 𝒖(𝒙) = โˆš𝒙 can experience a Bountiful

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PROBLEM (6) A farmer with expected utility preferences
with ๐’–(๐’™) = โˆš๐’™ can experience a Bountiful or
a Dry year with probabilities %80 and %20, and
with $100 and $25 worth of crops,
respectively.
(a) Calculate the expected
value and expected utility of the โ€œlotteryโ€ the
farmer is facing. What is the certainty
equivalent and risk premium of this lottery for the
farmer?
(b) The farmerโ€™s risk-neutral friend offers him the
following โ€œinsuranceโ€ scheme:
โ€œGive me $B if the year is bountiful and I will
compensate you with $D if the year is dryโ€
What should the numbers B and D be so that
the friend would be willing to offer such a scheme and the farmer
would want to accept it? (Just write down the conditions, that is,
the mathematical inequalities
that B and D should satisfy; donโ€™t try to
solve these equations !)
(c) For which set of (B,D) values: (i)
(19,96) or (ii) (36,56) or (iii)
(19,75) the friend would offer and the farmer would accept the
scheme? (Plug the values into the inequalities you found in (b) to
check)
PLEASE ANSWER ALL THE PARTS!
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