0.For which lotteries with random outcomes X is the above function a utilityfunction? Explain your answer and give an example of a lottery or specify a distibutionof the random variable X for which...


. Explain the interpretation of a utility function and why such a function should be<br>increasing.<br>is said that the utility function of a decision maker is given by<br>Ua(x) = 2ax – x², r € R<br>for some a > 0.For which lotteries with random outcomes X is the above function a utility<br>function? Explain your answer and give an example of a lottery or specify a distibution<br>of the random variable X for which the function mentioned in relation 2 is not a utility<br>function.<br>3.<br>Consider a decision maker with initial wealth 0 and this decision maker needs<br>to play a lottery L having a random outcome X bounded above by a > 0. This means<br>P(X < a) = 1. Is this decision maker risk averse or risk seeking for this particular lottery?<br>Explain your answer and give the definion of riskaverse and risk seeking!<br>4.<br>Let a > 0 be given and L a lotery with random outcome X having cumulative<br>distribution function<br>if r < 0<br>F(x) = { a-lx if 0 < x < a<br>if r > a<br>and assume that the utility function of the decision maker having initial wealth w = 0 is<br>given by the function uq listed in relation 2. Compute the expected utility of this lottery and<br>the certainty equivalence of this lottery.<br>

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