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Assume that a∈[-1,1] and θ∈(0,2). The utility function is given by u(a,θ)=a(θ-1). Which of the following action is never optimal ex-post?
a. 0
b. All can be optimal ex-post
c. 1
d. -1
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- Assume that a∈[-1,1] and θ∈(0,2). The utility function is given by u(a,θ)=a(θ-1). Which of the following action is never optimal ex-post? a. 0 b. All can be optimal ex-post c. 1 d. -1Ding Ding is a cat philosopher. He spends his time on two activities. Sleep and thinking. Both activities produce pleasure to Ding Ding. How effective Ding Ding is in each activity varies day by day. But on a given day, if he spend “s” effective hours in sleeping and “t” effective hours in thinking, his utility is u(s,t)=s^2+t. you can assume that time is continuous in answering the following question. (A) Let us first ignore that there are only 24 hours each day. Label “s” on the x-axis and “t” on the y-axis in a diagram. Draw two indifference curves u(s,t)=s^2+t=24^2=576, and u(s,t)= s^2+t=12^2=144. On each indifference curve, you have to mark at least the coordinates of four points to illustrate the shape of it. (B) Describe in words how these two indifference curves in (a) relate to each other.You are maxiimizing utility when :A)(MU of X)/(P of X) < (MU of Y)/(P of Y). B)(MU of X)/(P of X) > (MU of Y)/(P of Y). C)(MU of X)/(P of X) = (MU of Y)/(P of Y). D)(MU of X)/(P of Y) = (MU of Y)/(P of X).
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- Suppose that you go to a restaurant with your friends. a) One of your friends always eat exactly one chicken wrap (C) and drinks two cups of ayran (A). He never changes this combination of food choice. (i) Write the utility function of your friend to represent his preferences. (ii) Draw couple of indifference curves of your friend on graph with appropriate labels. (iii) Determine the demand function of your friend for each product as a function of prices and income. Denote prices as Pc, Pa; income as M. b) Suppose that one of your friends does not care if she consumes spaghetti(S or noodle(N).She wants to consume either two-dish spaghetti or two-dish noodle or any combination of both which adds up to two dishes. (i) Write the utility function of your friend to represent his preferences. (ii) Draw couple of indifference curves of your friend on graph with appropriate labels. (iii) Denote prices as Pn, Ps; income as M. If Pn < Ps, then determine the demand…Problem 3 Consider a CES utility function. 0-1 0-1\0-1 Uf = + a2 (c2t) Derive u; as 0 → 1.A consumer consumes pizza and soda always in the fixed proportion of 3 slices of pizza (x) with 2 cups of soda (y). Any pizza or soda not consumed together with the proportional amount of the other is useless to her. (a) Write down a utility function u(x,y) that represents her preferences. (b) If she has I = $60 budget and px = 4, py = 4, what is her optimal bundle? (c) In (b), If the price of soda increases to $6, how much money should she be compensated so that she achieves the same level of utility before the price increase? (d) Returning to (b), If the price of soda increases to $6, how much should the price of pizza be reduced so that she achieves the same level of utility before the price hike? (e) In (a), what values of a and b she is indifferent between the bundle "30 slices of pizza and a cups of soda" and the bundle "b slices of pizza and 40 cups of soda". Find at least two (a,b) pairs to get full points.