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Thinking and Deciding

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262 DESCRIPTIVE THEORY OF CHOICE UNDER UNCERTAINTY<br />

utility of Option 1 must be higher than that of Option 2, so, from Table 11.3,<br />

.01 u($1, 000) + .10 u($1, 000) >.01 u($0) + .10 u($5, 000)<br />

because the term .89 u($1, 000) may be dropped from each side. Exactly the opposite<br />

inequality,<br />

.01 u($1, 000) + .10 u($1, 000)

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