please show all steps 10. A consumer's preferences over bundles of two goods can be represented...
Consider a consumer whose preferences over bundles of non-negative amounts of each of two commodities can be represented by a utility function of the form U (, x2) - 4x +2 20x1 Suppose that this consumer is a price taker who faces a finite constant per-unit price for commodity The consumer is endowed with income of y. Throughout this question you may assume one of pi 0 and a finite constant per-unit price for commodity two of p2 > 0....
Suppose there are two consumption goods and preferences of a
consumer can be represented by the following utility function:
;
a) Derive the Marshallian demand function of this consumer.
b) Calculate and intuitively interpret the elasticity of
substitution.
d/11027(0 - 1) + 10) = (2x Iz)n (0<a <1:0 +p<1)
1. (Consumer theory) Consider the utility function u(x) = √x1 + √x2 ; and a standard budget constraint: p1x1+p2x2=I. a. Are the preferences convex? (1 pt) b. Are the preferences represented by this function homothetic? (1 pt) c. Formally write the utility maximization problem, derive the first order conditions and find the Marshallian demand function. (2 pt) d. Verify that the demand function is homogeneous of degree 0 in prices and income. (1 pt) e. Find the indirect utility function. (1 pt) f. Find the expenditure function by...
Consider a consumer in a two good economy domy whose preferences are rep- resented by the following utility function U(z,y) = x + y a) Find her Marshallian demand functions for good X and good Y , 1.e., x* (Pæ, Py, I) and y* (Pz, Py, 1)? b) Find her Hicksian demand functions for good X and good Y, i.e., x" (Pc, Py, U) and yº(Px; Py, U)? c) Find her indirect utility function, V(Pa, Py, I). d) Find her...
1. Suppose a consumer has the utility function over goods x and y u(x, y) = 3x}}} (a) Setup the utility maximization problem for this consumer using the general budget con- straint. (2 points) (b) Will the constraint be active/binding? Is the sufficient condition for interior solution satisfied? Prove your answers. (4 points) (c) Solve the utility maximization problem for the Marshallian demand equations x (Px, py,m) and y* (Px, Py,m). Show all of your work and circle your final...
Nora consumes only two goods (food and clothing) and her
preferences for these goods can be represented by the following
utility function
UF,C=F2C
where F is
the quantity of food consumed and C is the amount of
clothing consumed respectively. Suppose Nora’s allocated monthly
income on the two goods is $M and the prices of the two
goods (food and clothing) she prefers are
$PF for food and
$PC for clothing.
Using the above information write Nora’s utility maximization
problem...
1. Suppose a consumer has the utility function over goods x and y u(x,y) = 3x3 yž (a) Setup the utility maximization problem for this consumer using the general budget con- straint. (2 points) (b) Will the constraint be active/binding? Is the sufficient condition for interior solution satisfied? Prove your answers. (4 points) (c) Solve the utility maximization problem for the Marshallian demand equations x* (Px, Py,m) and y* (Px, Py,m). Show all of your work and circle your final...
Income and substitution, Compensating Variation: Show your work in the steps below. Consider the utility function u(x,y)-x"y a. Derive an expression for the Marshallian Demand functions. b. Demonstrate that the income elasticity of demand for either good is unitary 1. Explain how this relates to the fact that individuals with Cobb-Douglas preferences will always spend constant fraction α of their income on good x. Derive the indirect utility function v(pxPod) by substituting the Marshallian demands into the utility function C....
Suppose that there two goods X and Y, available in arbitrary non- negative quantities (so the the consumption set is R2). The consumer has preferences over consumption bundles that are strongly monotone, strictly convex, and represented by the following (differentiable) utility function: u(x, y)-y+2aVT, where z is the quantity of good X, and y is the quantity of good Y, and a 20 is a utility parameter The consumer has strictly positive wealth w > 0. The price of good...
Suppose a consumer spend all of her income on only two goods, x and y. Her preferences over these two goods are represented by the utility function u(x,y)=2x1/2+3y. Find the mrsxy. Is it diminishing or not? (In the solution of this problem our teachers prefers to solve this via MUx/ MUy this ratio. But in other schools they prefer to solve this MUx/ MUy . Which one is true ? Why they use minus sign ?