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Consider a model in which an individual lives only two periods. This person has diminishing marginal utility of consumption and receives an income of $20,000 in period 1 and an income of $5,000
in period 2. The private interest rate is 10 percent per period, and this person can borrow or lend money at this rate. Also assume that this person intends to consume all of his income over his lifetime. a. Give a hypothetical numerical example of what a person’s optimal consumption would be over these two periods. In answering this question, what assumptions did you make?
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