10. Which one of the following measures may be used to measure the risk of an investment on its own? a) Expected return of the investment. b) Expected utility of the investment for an investor. c) Standard deviation of the possible outcomes of the investment. d) The Bernoullian utility function's value of a good investment outcome.

10. Which one of the following measures may be used to measure the risk of an investment on its own? a) Expected return of the investment. b) Expected utility of the investment for an investor. c) Standard deviation of the possible outcomes of the investment. d) The Bernoullian utility function's value of a good investment outcome.

Managerial Economics: Applications, Strategies and Tactics (MindTap Course List)

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Chapter2: Fundamental Economic Concepts

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