a. If the decision maker knows nothing about the probabilities of the fourstates of nature, what is the recommended decision using:i. the optimistic approachii. the conservative approachiii. the minimax regret approachiv. the Laplace method 5. Suppose that a decision maker faced with four decision alternatives and four states ofnature develops the following profit payoff table:State of NatureDecision AlternativeS4didzdzd4141051110101011101113

. If the decision maker knows nothing about the probabilities of the four states of nature, what is the recommended decision using: i. the optimistic approach ii. the conservative approach iii. the minimax regret approach

. If the decision maker knows nothing about the probabilities of the four states of nature, what is the recommended decision using: i. the optimistic approach ii. the conservative approach iii. the minimax regret approach

Principles of Microeconomics

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Author:N. Gregory Mankiw

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Chapter22: Frontiers Of Microeconomics

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