Raquel the representative consumer enjoys two types of pound cake: lemon (l) and chocolate (c). Raquel’s favorite bakery sells chocolate pound cakes for $12 each and lemon pound cakes for $15 each.
Suppose that Raquel donates $60 to her local food bank, leaving her with $300 to spend on cake. Draw a graph of Raquel’s new budget constraint, again making sure to label the axes, intercepts, and slope. In a few sentences describe what happens to the slope and each of the intercepts? Do they change? Why or why not?
Raquel the representative consumer enjoys two types of pound cake: lemon (l) and chocolate (c). Raquel’s...
1. Sketch indifference curves for each of the following consumers for a day’s worth of coffee and food, and describe why the indifference curves take the shape they do. Draw the indifference curves as how they would look if the drank a range of 0 to 4 cups. a. Ron treats coffee and food as ordinary goods, but is neutral to coffee beyond 3 cups. b. For Gareth, food is always an ordinary good where more is better; however, coffee...