sondorcet winner to lose under this rule? Explain. 8. Suppose an economy has two types of people. of the other grou...
I consider an economy with two individuals (1 and 2). A, B, and C are three points that belong to the utility possibility frontier of the economy. The individual utilities (Ul. U2) at the three points are as follows: Pointsul U2 A 4 21 B 8 17 C 14 6 Now consider point D. Pointul U2 D 9 15 a. Does point D lie on the utility possibility frontier? How does the answer change if you know the utility possibility...
5. Imagine there is an economy with pure exchange with two individuals (1 and 2). A, B and C are three points that belong to the utility possibility frontier (UPF) of the two individuals. Points U1 U2 A 2 7 B 5 5 C 7 2 According to the information of the previous table, is the following statement true or false: "The point D (2,5) belong to the UPF" Question: True or False A. true B False Explain your answer...
5. Imagine there is an economy with pure exchange with two individuals (1 and 2). A, B and C are three points that belong to the utility possibility frontier (UPF) of the two individuals. a) According to the information of the previous table, is the following statement true or false: "The point D (2,5) belong to the UPF" b) Please explain why it is true or false. c) If the Social Welfare Function (SWF) of this economy is W= U1+...
C1 [19 marks] Suppose Malcolm and Barnaby are the only two people in a pure exchange economy. Food and clothing are the only two commodities. Malcolm is endowed with 30 units of food and 10 units of clothing, while Barnaby is endowed with 10 units of food and 30 units of clothing. Let F = units of food and C = units of clothing. Malcolm’s utility function is UM = 2 min(F, C) and Barnaby’s utility function is UB =...