1. Consider an Arrow-Debreu model with 2 periods (1 and 2) and 2 states of the world (1 and 2) in period 2. The home agent has income Y1 = 0, Y2(1) 200, Y2(2) = 50; the probabilities for the differen...
Consider a two-period lived representative agent for an economy, whose preferences for consumption are described by the lifetime utility function U = InC1 + InC2 a. Compare the effects of a temporary and a permanent income fall on current account. Suppose that the output of the economy in the two periods are 100 (Y1) and 100 (Y2), and r is 5%. b. Does the economy run a trade balance deficit or surplus in period 1? How about period 2? Explain...
Consider the following 2-period model U(C1,C2) = min{4C1,5C2} Ci + S = Y1-T C2 = Y2 - T2 + (1+r)S Where C: first period consumption C2: second period consumption S: first period saving Y] = 20 : first period income Ti = 5 : first period lump-sum tax Y2 = 50 : second period income T2 = 10 : second period lump-sum tax r= 0.05 : real interest rate Find the optimal saving, S*
Questions 1. Consider a world in which there are only two periods: period 0 and period 1 and three possible states of the world in period 1 (a good weather state, a fair weather state, and a bad weather state). Also, apples are the only product produced in this world, and they period to the next. The following abbreviations will be used: cannot be stored from one PA apple in the present period (i.e., present apple), GA = good weather...
1. Consider an agent who values consumption in period 0 and 1 according to the following utility function: u(co, C)In(Co)+8 In(c1) is a discount factor (5 < 1) which indicates that the agnet prefers to consume today more than he can tomorrow. Suppose that the agent is given a total wealth today of w and that he may save any portion of this money in order to consume tomorrow. If he saves money he is paid interest r. Thus the...
2. (Ricardian Model) Two agricultural economies, "Home and "Foreign" produce corın (C) and wheat (W). Home has an endowment of 200 fields, each of which can produce either 2 units of corn or 2 units of wheat. Foreign has an endowment of 300 fields, each of which can produce either 1 unit of con or 2 units of wheat. Consus in both economies have identical homothetic preferences represented by the utility function: (a) Draw the production possibility frontiers for both...
1. (45 points) Consider the closed-economy one-period macroeconomic model developed in class. The consumer is endowed with h units of time, and chooses consumption C and leisure ` to maximize U = log(C) + θlog(`), subject to the budget constraint C = wNs + π. Production is described by Y = zNd . Government spending G is financed with a proportional revenue tax (tax rate τ ) on the firm. (a) (10) Find the firm’s optimal demand for labor Nd...
1. Given the information in Table 1, in a two country and two-product Ricardian model, which of the following statements is (are) true? Table 1 Unit Labour Requirements T-shirt Brandy 4 hours 12 hours 6 hours 12 hours United States France A) The pretrade price ratio in France is 1 brandy - 2 T-shirts. B) The US pretrade price ratio is 1 brandy - 4 T-shirts. C) The US pretrade price ratio is 1 T-shirt = 1/3 brandy. D) The...
Chapter overview 1. Reasons for international trade Resources reasons Economic reasons Other reasons 2. Difference between international trade and domestic trade More complex context More difficult and risky Higher management skills required 3. Basic concept s relating to international trade Visible trade & invisible trade Favorable trade & unfavorable trade General trade system & special trade system Volume of international trade & quantum of international trade Commodity composition of international trade Geographical composition of international trade Degree / ratio of...
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