International monetary system

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Q. A borrower takes out a loan from a bank and can invest in a risky project that will produce revenue of $185 with probability 0.75 and revenue $125 with probability 0.25. The bank requires a loan repayment of $115. The other alternative for the borrower is to invest his loan in a non-risky project that will produce revenue of $165 with certainty. Then from the borrower's perspective, the expected payoff.

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Describe the international monetary system known as the Bretton Woods system, or the gold exchange standard that existed from the mid 1940s to the early 1970s. How did the system work? Why did it eventually break down?

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