Cost of the government

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I am supposed to solve the following problem.

The bank provides 1,000 dollars loans. Risk-free clients will repay the loan in full for a year, in addition to paying 4% interest. For a high-risk client, there is a 30% chance that he will not pay anything and an 70% chance that he will repay the loan in full and 30% interest.

Assume that the government has guaranteed to the bank that in the event of non-payment of the loan, it will repay the bank's principal, that means 1,000$.

What costs will the government have?

So I understand that the cost of the government will be 1,000 dollars, but I do not know with what probability. I should calculate the expected cost.

Can anyone help?

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The expected cost is of $1000\$\times 0.3\times(\text{number of high-risk clients})$ per year.