Willa and Westley are siblings who built a hair salon business from the ground up. They are now contemplating opening an additional salon location. The estimate to open an additional salon would mean adding $1 milion in expenses with their profit increasing by $400,000 each year for the next 5 years (all other things equal), Willa and Westley decide

A. to open a second salon because the marginal cost of the new salon is low compared to other simlar projects

B. to not open a new salon because the marginal costs prove to be too high

C. to take on the new salon because the expected marginal benetit ($2 mlton over 5 years)

Your company is starting a new r& d initiative: a development of a new drug that dramatically reduces the addiction to smoking. the expert team estimates the probability of developing the drug succesfully at 60% and a chance of losing the investment of 40%. if the project is successful, your company would earn profits (after deducting the investment) of 9,000 (thousand usd). if the development is unsuccessful, the whole investment will be lost -1,000 (thousand usd). your company's risk preference is given by the expected utility function: u(x) v1000 +x, where x is the monetary outcome of a project. calculate the expected profit of the project . calculate the expected utility of the project . find the certainty equivalent of this r& d initiative . find the risk premium of this r& d initiative e is the company risk-averse, risk-loving or risk-neutral? why do you think so?