Given the choice to buy actuarily unfair full insurance (i.e. insurance for which the premium exceeds the expected value of medical expenses), a risk averse individual Will definitely buy in the insurance Not enough information, they may or may not buy the insurance Is indifferent between buying and not buying the insurance Will definitely not buy the insurance
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