1. A. For a consumer with ordinary convex indifference curves, show the income and substitution effects of a price increase in Y (use Y on the vertical axis). Use all relevant labels.
B. For your diagram in part A, is Y normal? Are X and y compliments or substitutes (explain briefly)?
1. A. For a consumer with ordinary convex indifference curves, show the income and substitution effects...
11. Brady, who has ordinary-shaped indifference curves, buys 16 ounces of salt each year. Even when the price of salt doubles, Brady continues to purchase exactly 16 ounces. a. Use indifference curves and budget constraints to depict Brady's behavior graphically. Put salt on the horizontal axis and a composite good on the vertical axis. b. True or False (and explain): Salt is neither inferior nor normal to Brady. c. What is Brady's price elasticity of demand for salt? d. What...
Consider a consumer in a two commodity world whose indifference map is such that the slope of the indifference curves is everywhere equal to -(Y?X), where Y is the quantity of good Y measured along the vertical axis, and X is the quantity of good X measured along the horizontal axis. a. what is the value of the optimum Marginal Rate of Substitution for this consumer, given that the price of X is $1, the price of Y is $3...
1. Consider a variant of the two-period model of consumption-saving behavior. In this version of the model, the consumer has income y in the first period and no income in the second period. Her life-time budget constraint is c+ a - 1+r = y. (a) Draw this budget constraint in a diagram with con horizontal axis and d on vertical axis. What are the slope and vertical intercept of this budget constraint? Label the endowment point in the diagram. (3...
Jane commutes to work. She can either use public transport or her own car. Her indifference curves obey the four properties of indifference curves for ordinary goods 1. Draw Jane's budget line (BL,) with car travel on the vertical axis and public transport on the horizontal axis 2. Suppose that Jane consumes some of both goods. Explain how her optimal consumption bundle can be obtained. Then, draw an indifference curve that helps you illustrate that optimal consumption bundle represented by...
QUESTION 31 When you observe downward sloping, convex indifference curves, what do you automatically know? That the MRS in absolute value is diminishing. That the utility function is generally written as U(x,y) = ax + by, where a and b are positive constants. That the consumer views the two goods as imperfect substitutes. That the utility function is generally written as U(X,Y) = minax,by), where a and b are positive constants. That the utility function is generally written as U(X,Y)...
In the following diagram, we show one of Jane's indifference curves and her budget line a. If the price of good X is $100, what is her income? b. What is the equation for her budget line? c. What is the slope of her budget line? d. What is the price of good Y? e. What is Jane's marginal rate of substitution in cquilibrium? 8. Good X 40 80 0 Good Y
In the following diagram, we show one of...
Draw a budget line /indifference curve diagram for two goods: water and electricity. Show the income and substitution effects of the increase in the price of electricity. Assume that electricity is a normal good. 3 4 8 5 6 7
Question 5 [8] 5.1. With reference to the indifference theory with good Y on the vertical axis and good X on the horizontal axis, graphically illustrate a change in consumer equilibrium due to a change in income. Remember to label the diagram correctly and to indicate the "income consumption curve clearly. 5.2. Referring to the graph above and consumer equilibrium, indicate what will happen to the budget line should there be an increase in the price of good X (on...
5. Draw out examples of each of the following indifference curves: imperfect substitutes, perfect substitutes, and perfect complements. 6. Jody enjoys having exactly 1 teaspoon of sugar with every cup of coffee she has. What does this say about her indifference curves between the two goods? What happens to her utility level when she is given 5 teaspoons of sugar with one coffee? (Just an explanation) 7. Jay’s Utility function is given by U(x,z) = 3x10.2 x20.8 and P1=$2 and...
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Problem 1 [32 marks] A consumer has a demand function for good 2, X, that depends on the price of good I. P. the price of good 2. Pz, and income, m, given by xy = 2+ +2P. Initially, assume m= 40, P-1, and P = 2. Then the price of good 2 increases to P = 3. a) What is the total change in demand for good 2? [2...