Consider an exchange economy with two agents, A and B, and two commodities, X and Y. Assume their endowments are (w,w) = (3,8) and (w) = (2,2). Also assume their utility functions are U(A₁YA) = FAYA and U(TB₁YB) = £B + YB. (a) Draw an Edgeworth box and show their endowments. (b) Find Pareto Efficient Allocations and show them on your Edgeworth box. Show the core of this exchange economy. (c) Is there a competitive equilibrium? If there is, find competitive equilibrium price ratio and allocation. If there exists no competitive equilibrium, tell which condition(s) of the first theorem of welfare economics is violated and show what goes wrong when price ratio is 1.

Consider an exchange economy with two agents, A and B, and two commodities, X and Y. Assume their endowments are (w,w) = (3,8) and (w) = (2,2). Also assume their utility functions are U(A₁YA) = FAYA and U(TB₁YB) = £B + YB. (a) Draw an Edgeworth box and show their endowments. (b) Find Pareto Efficient Allocations and show them on your Edgeworth box. Show the core of this exchange economy. (c) Is there a competitive equilibrium? If there is, find competitive equilibrium price ratio and allocation. If there exists no competitive equilibrium, tell which condition(s) of the first theorem of welfare economics is violated and show what goes wrong when price ratio is 1.

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