Compute the market demand function (as a function of prices and income y) corresponding to a Cobb-Douglas utility function with equal coefficients a1= 1/3 and a2=1/3. What are the demands at prices p1=p2=1 and income y=10? Suppose the price of good 1 rises to 2. Compute the price effects, substitution effects and income effects for the two goods.
Compute the market demand function (as a function of prices and income y) corresponding to a...
Compute the market demand function as a function of prices and income corresponding to a Leontev utility function U(x1,x2) = min (x1,2x2) and then compute the elasticity of demand with respect to own price and the elasticity with respect to income.
α1-α Given prices (P1 and p2) and income (Y), we know from lecture that if preferences can be represented by the Cobb-Douglas utility function u (q1,22 for 0< α< 1, then the demand for goods 1 and 2 are (1-a)Y P2 q1-- and q2 = P1 We also know that any monotonic transformation of utility represents the same preferences. Consider the monotonic transformation v (q1.q2,-In(u (442),-InG In q192 qq As was shown in lecture, by the rules of logarithms this...
h. U(1, 2 For the utility function above, find the consumer's optimal consumption bundle when prices of goods 1 and 2 are pl and p2, and the consumer has an income m. 1. 2. For the utility function above, find the consumer's optimal consumption bundle when prices of goods 1 and 2 are pl and p2, and the consumer has an endowment (el, e2) of the two goods. For each of your answers in question 2, write down the consumer...
The choice of utility function depends on consumer preference which then determines the market behaviour of the market. Suppose the utility function of a consumer Cobb-Douglas utility function (CDF) U(x1, x2) = x13/5x13/5. If p1 = p2 = 2 and I = 14 Question 2 - (30 marks) Calculate and Illustrate the Income and Substitution Effect when the price of good 1 inctease by 100% (10 marks) Calculate the Income Elasticity of Demand for both goods when the income increase...
For a general Cobb-Douglas utility function U(x,y)=Axayb, please show that the price elasticities of demand for both of good x and y are -1, and that the income elasticities of demand for both of good x and y are 1.
A consumer uses his income I for the consumption of two goods ?1 and ?2. He maximises utility at given product prices ?1, ?2. His preferences with respect to both products can be described by an ordinal utility function ?(?1,?2), which exhibits a decreasing marginal rate of substitution (normal preferences). Please indicate whether the following statements are right or wrong in this context. If a statement is wrong, then describe briefly what is wrong (one sentence). a) A double value...
The utility function is u = x1½ + x2, and the budget constraint is m = p1x1 + p2x2. Derive the optimal demand curve for good 1, x1(p1, p2), and good 2, x2(m, p1, p2). Looking at the cross price effects (∂x1/∂p2 and ∂x2/∂p1) are goods x1 and x2 substitutes or complements? Looking at income effects (∂x1/∂m and ∂x2/∂m) are goods x1 and x2 inferior, normal or neither? Assume m=100, p1=0.5 and p2=1. Using the demand function you derived in...
The utility function is given by U(x, y) = xy2 . (a) Write out the demand functions for goods x and y in terms of I, px, and py. (b) What is the maximum utility the consumer can achieve as a function of I, px, and py? (c) What is the minimum the consumer needs to spend to achieve a level of utility U as a function of px, and py? (d) The initial income is $576, initial prices are...
The utility function is given by U(x, y) = xy2 . (a) Write out the demand functions for goods x and y in terms of I, px, and py. (2) (b) What is the maximum utility the consumer can achieve as a function of I, px, and py? (2) c) What is the minimum the consumer needs to spend to achieve a level of utility U as a function of px, and py? (2) (d) The initial income is $576,...
just need parts e,f,g 2. Jane's utility function defined over two goods x and y is U (x,y) = x/2y12. Her income is M and the prices of the two goods are p, and p. (a) Find the Marshallian demand curves. (b) Find the Hicksian demand curves. (c) Find the indirect utility function. (d) Find the expenditure function. (e) Determine the substitution and income effects for good r when ini- tially M =$12, P. = $2.P, = $1, and then...