poyent, and the real wage, treating G as given. EXplatyo 4. Suppose that the representative consumers...
ating o as g 4. Suppose that the representative consumer's preference change, in that his or her rate of substitution of leisure for consumption increases for any quantities of consumpon and leisure a. Explain what this change in preferences means in more intuitive language b. What effects does this have on the equilibrium real wage, hours worked, outp consumption? c. Do you think that preference shifts like this might explain why economies experience ot, with reference to the recessions (periods...
2. Capital Tax: In our two period consumption-savings model, suppose that positive interest income in period 2 is taxed at rate t. Assume that Ao -0, the individual has positive endowment in both periods, and nominal prices for the good remain the same despite the ax (a) Write down the budget constraints in each period and obtain an algebraic expression for his life-time budget constraint. (b) Suppose that at the optimal choice, the representative individual is choosing not to save...
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...