Markets: A Rigorous Course

M00 · Problem 12 ★★ Check

Sampling without replacement helps, slightly

With N=1,000N = 1{,}000 applications and K=100K = 100 lots, compute P5P_5 from (0.6) exactly and compare it with the independent-draw approximation 1−(1−p)51 - (1-p)^5. Then prove that Pm≥1−(1−p)mP_m \ge 1 - (1-p)^m for all mm (the inequality in Proposition 0.5), and explain in one sentence why it holds.

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