If you are offered a gamble in which you win 500 dollars 3/8 of the time and you lose 500 dollars 5/8 of the time, what is your expected payoff and your behavior given that you are a risk-lover?

A) $500, take the gamble
B) -$125, take the gamble
C) -$125, it is unclear what you would do without further information
D) $500, decline the gamble
E) -$125, decline the gamble

C

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