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- 10. Consumer A and B have each been given an allocation of 2 goods x and y (assume each has positive amounts of both goods). At this allocation, consumer A has an MRS of 2, while consumer B has an MRS of 1/2. Could this allocation be Pareto efficient? Explain why or why not.Two consumers, Budi and Marry, together have 10 apples and 4 oranges. a. Draw the Edgeworth box that shows the set of feasible allocation for the two individuals and two goods b. Suppose Budi has 5 apples and 1 orange, while Marry has 5 apples and 3 oranges. Identify this allocation in the Edgeworth box c. Suppose Budi and Marry have identical utility functions and assume that this utility function exhibits positive marginal utilities for both apples and oranges and a diminishing marginal rate of substitution of apples and oranges. Could the allocation in part (b) be economically efficient?3. Anita (A), Ben (B) and Carlos (C) are housemates who have moved to a new house and must decide how to allocate rooms X, Y and Z. An 'allocation' is where each housemate is assigned to exactly one room. For example, Anita → Room Z, Ben → Room X and Carlos → Room Y is allocation (Z, X, Y). Utilities for each room are given below: Room X Utility for A 7 Utility for B 9 Utility for C 2 Room Y 4 3 7 Room Z 2 1 4
- If the initial distribution of two goods between two people is Pareto optimal, which of the following statements is TRUE? A. It is possible to reallocate the goods between the two people so as to increase the utility of both people. B. It is possible to reallocate the goods between the two people so as to increase the utility of one person without decreasing the utility of the other. C. It is possible to reallocate the goods between the two people so as to increase the utility of one person, but only at the expense of the other person. D. It is impossible to reallocate the goods between the two people so as to increase either person's utility. E. None of the aboveSuppose there are two firms selling protein bars. Firm 1 sells 'AggieBars' with 10 grams of protein and firm 2 sells 'DavisBars' with 20 grams of protein. Consumers are distributed uniformly over their preferences for grams of protein between 10 and 20. Suppose firm 1 sells AggieBars for $2 and firm 2 sells DavisBars for $3. The 'cost to consumers of deviating from their optimal amount of protein is $0.20 per gram. a. What protein content does the marginal consumer (the consumer who is indifferent between AggieBars and DavisBars) prefer? The equation for finding the marginal consumer (when the range of product attribute values is 10) is V - p1 - tx m = V – p2 – t(10 – x m) 4 b. How would the proportion of consumers buying each product change if the cost to deviation from one's optimal amount of protein increased (was greater than $0.20 per gram)?If an allocation is Pareto optimal and if indifference curves between the two goods have no kinks, then (Select all that applies) Group of answer choices a. two consumers who consume both goods must have the same MRS between them, but consumers may consume the goods in different ratios. b. two consumers with the same income who consume both goods must have the same MRS, but if their incomes differ, their MRSs may differ. c. any two consumers who consume both goods must consume them in the same ratio. d. for any two consumers who consume both goods, neither will prefer the other consumer’s bundle to his own. e. all consumers receive the bundle that they prefer to any other bundle the economy could produce for them.
- 3. Anita (A), Ben (B) and Carlos (C) are housemates who have moved to a new house and must decide how to allocate rooms X, Y and Z. An 'allocation' is where each housemate is assigned to exactly one room. For example, Anita → Room Z, Ben → Room X and Carlos → Room Y is allocation (Z, X, Y). Utilities for each room are given below: Utility for A Utility for B Utility for C Room X 7 9 2 Room Y 4 3 7 Room Z 2 1 4 (a) How many possible allocations are there in total? (b) Identify the two allocations which are not Pareto optimal and explain why they are not Pareto optimal. (Hint: is the allocation (Y,Z,X) Pareto optimal?) (c) Suppose we square Carlos' utility from each room (i.e. uc (Z) becomes 16). Would the set of Pareto optimal outcomes change? Why/why not? (d) Returning to the utilities from part (a), which of the Pareto optimal allocations maximise total surplus (utility) and would all housemates weakly prefer this allocation over any other? (e) Suppose the housemates decide to…Ralph and Graham have identical utility functions, U (x, y) = x² + y². There are 10 units of x and 10 units of y to be divided between them. a. What are the fair allocations in this case?16.11. Ted and Joe each consume peaches, x, and plums, y. The consumers have identical 10y7x7, MRS = 10yr^TTogether, they have 10 peaches MRSJoe utility functions, with and 10 plums. Verify whether each of the following allocations is on the contract curve: a) Ted: 8 plums and 9 peaches; Joe: 2 plums and 1 peach. b) Ted: 1 plum and 1 peach; Joe: 9 plums and 9 peaches. %3D
- Pedro, a retired economics professor, grows lemons and oranges in his back- yard. He consumes some of these fruits, and sells some in a local farmer's market. Pedro's preferences are represented by the following utility function U(x, y) = min{x,y}. In one season he can harvest 20 pounds of lemons and 60 pounds of oranges. In the local market, price of lemons is $4 per pounds and price of oranges is $2 per pound. Pedro receives $300 income from his retirement plan per season. Question 1 Part a Find Pedro's optimal consumption bundle. Make sure to draw his budget con- straint and indifference curves to show his optimal choice. Question 1 Part b Suppose that the price of lemons rises to $5 per pound. What is Pedro's optimal consumption bundle now? Decompose the total change in demand due to a price change into a substitution effect, ordinary income effect and endowment income effect and graphically demonstrate it.Let the following table represents the total utility of a given consumer, in the cardinal utility approach. Q 1 2 3 4 5 Tux 8 14 18 20 20 Tuy 6 10 13 15 16 Mux Muy Mux/px Muy/py A) Calculate the MUx and MUy and fill the table in the 4th and 5th rows. B) If the two products (X&Y) are free goods how many of X and Y should the cons consumer take to maximize utility? C) What is the maximum utility of X and Y if they are free?.Let the following table represents the total utility of a given consumer, in the cardinal utility approach. Q 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 TUX 8 14 18 20 20 18 16 TUY 6 10 13 15 16 16 14 MUX MUY MUX/PX MUY/PY Calculate the MUX and MUY and fill the table in the 4th and 5th rows. If the two products (X&Y) are free goods how many of X and Y should the consumer take to maximize utility? What is the maximum utility of X and Y if they are free? Let now price of X is 4 birr per unit and price of Y is 2 birr per unit. Calculate MUX/PX and MUY/PY and fill the 6th and 7th row. Assuming the consumer has any amount of money (enough budget) how many of X and Y should the consumer buy, to maximize utility? What is the total utility of X and Y? Let now price of X is 4 birr per unit and price of Y is 2 birr per unit and budget of the consumer for consumption of X and Y is 20 birr. Given budget constraint how many of X and Y should the consumer buy to maximize utility?