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Problem Set #3: Diamond-Dybvig Model Analysis Please solve all parts of this problem set. In your solution to each part, please show the calculations that support your final answer. Consider the basic setup of the Diamond-Dybvig (1983) model. Specifically, there are three periods, denoted t=0, 1, 2, a single consumption good, and an illiquid investment opportunity that pays a gross return of 1 if liquidated at t=1, or a gross return of 1.9 if liquidated at t=2. There are 1000 people in the economy, each endowed with 1 unit of the consumption good at t=0. At t=1, exactly half (500 people) will randomly realize that they need to consume at t=1 (the early consumers), while the remaining 500 people will need to consume at t=2 (the late consumers). The utility derived from consumption is 1 – (1/c1)^2 for early consumers, and 1 – (1/c2)^2 for late consumers, where the subscript denotes the time of consumption. (i) Calculate the expected return (from a t=0 perspective) of direct investing. (ii) Calculate the expected utility (from a t=0 perspective) derived from direct investing. Suppose a bank can offer an asset that is more liquid, with gross returns Rd1 = 1.10 and Rd2 = 1.71 (depending on the time of liquidation). (iii) Calculate the expected return (from a t=0 perspective) of depositing with this bank. How does it compare to the expected return from direct investing? (iv) Calculate the expected utility (from a t=0 perspective) derived from depositing with the bank. Do you conclude that people would prefer banking to direct investing at t=0? Suppose the bank offers a different asset instead, one that pays the same return, Rd, to all depositors (i.e., regardless of the time of liquidation). (v) What is the highest gross return Rd that the bank can offer all depositors? (vi) Now suppose the late consumers pretend to be impatient and withdraw early. How many people can be paid before the bank runs out of funds?
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(Solving for a comprehensive​ problem) Suppose that you are in the fall of your senior year and are faced with the choice of either getting a job when you graduate or going to law school. Of​ course, your choice is not purely financial.​ However, to make an informed​ decision, you would like to know the financial implications of the two alternatives.​ Let's assume that your alternatives are as​ follows: If you take the​ "get a​ job" route, you expect to start off with a salary of ​$35,000 per year. There is no way to predict what will happen in the​ future, but your best guess is that your salary will grow at 3 percent per year until you retire in 40 years. As a law​ student, you will be paying ​$30,000 per year tuition for each of the 3 years you are in graduate school.​ However, you can then expect a job with a starting salary of ​$70,000 per year.​ Moreover, you expect your salary to grow by 8 percent per year until you retire 34 years later. Clearly, your total expected lifetime salary will be higher if you become a lawyer.​ However, the additional future salary is not free. You will be paying ​$30,000 in tuition at the beginning of each of the 3 years of law school. In​ addition, you will be giving up a little more than ​$108,000 in lost income over the 3 years of law​ school: ​$35,000 the first​ year, $36,050 the second​ year, and ​$37,132 the third year. a. To start your analysis of whether to go to law​ school, calculate the present value of the future earnings that you will realize by going directly to​ work, assume a discount rate of 12 percent. b. What is the present value today of your future earnings if you decide to attend law​ school, assuming a discount rate of 12 ​percent? Remember that you will be in law school for 3 years before you start to work as a lawyer. (Hint: assume that you are paid at the end of each​ year, so that your first salary payment if you decide to go to law school occurs 4 years from​ now.) c. If you pay your law school tuition at the beginning of each​ year, what is the present value of your​ tuition, assuming a discount rate of 12 ​percent? What is the present value of the future earnings that you will realize by going directly to​ work, assuming a discount rate of 12 ​percent?
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The Situation It is time to negotiate a new contract with some of Lightning Wholesale's unionized employees. The company believes in dealing fairly with its employees. Based on the current economic environment, cost of living increases, and the financial health of the organization, management feels that the best it can offer is a 3% wage increase. From its own analysis, the union believes that the company is holding out and that a 5.5% wage increase is more than possible. Unfortunately, negotiations have broken down, and the union has turned to its employee group seeking strike action. The union is certain of achieving its wage increase through the strike action, though it advises the employees that they may need to go on strike for three months to achieve the goal. The employees are trying to figure out their best course of action—should they vote to go on strike or not? The Data • The typical an employee in the unionized group currently earns $48,000 per year, which is paid out at the end of every month equally. • Six employees have five years until retirement. • Eight employees have 10 years until retirement. • Nine employees have 15 years until retirement. • Seven employees have 20 years until retirement. Important Information • During the three months that employees would be on strike, employees receive no wages from Lightning Wholesale. • The time value of money is unknown, but employees have three annually compounded estimates of 6%, 5% and 4%. • Assume employees make their strike vote according to their best financial outcome. • The decision to go on strike is determined by the majority vote. • No future wage increases are important when making this decision to strike or not. Your Tasks The employees are uncertain of the time value of money, so they need to run a few scenarios. Perform steps 1 through 3 below using EACH of the time value of money estimates as a different scenario. Determine the outcome of the strike vote (go on strike or not go on strike). 1. Calculate the present value of the company offer for each of the employee groups. (12 marks) 2. Calculate the present value of the union increase for each of the employee groups. (12 marks) 3. Cast the votes according to your results and determine the strike vote outcome under each time value of money possibility. (12 marks) 4. Management is trying to figure out the most likely outcome of the strike vote so that they can adjust their bargaining strategy if necessary. Based on the completed scenario analysis, what outcome should management plan on? (4 marks)
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