unemployed workers to the size of the labour force: 1‚000‚000 / 23‚000‚000 = 4.3 %. 4. a) The poor who are at minimum subsistence and who aspire to middle class consumption patterns: This group values income highly relative to leisure‚ so the indifference curve is relatively flat. As the wage increases‚ the income constraint line rotates clockwise‚ and we would expect a relatively large increase in hours worked. This response is dominated by a substitution effect‚ but there may be a small income
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successive unit is consumed by other decreasing pace.). The marginal utility is the slope of the total utility function get flatter and flatter. * Um is the slope of the U function C/ Representing Preferences with Indifference Curves Graphical Representation An indifference curve= shows
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Refer to Figure 21-1. In graph (a)‚ what is the price of good Y relative to good X (i.e.‚ Py/Px)? a. 1/3 b. 1/4 c. 3 d. 4 ANS: B 2. Refer to Figure 21-1. Assume that a consumer faces both budget constraints in graph (a) and graph (b) on two different occasions. If her income has remained constant‚ what has happened to prices? a. The price of X in graph (a) is higher than the price of X in graph (b). b. The price of Y in graph (a) is higher than the price of Y in graph (b). c. The prices of both
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1.0: INTRODUCTION (UTILITY) Coca-Cola is an international brand that are consumed everyday all around the world. Statistic has shown that each day‚ more than 8 million can of Coca-Cola is being sold worldwide. However today we are not going to discuss about the secret behind Coca-Cola success. On the other hand we are going to move from production to consumer where discussion will be about the utility of Coca-Cola. Every customer has their own satisfaction level‚ and it is different with each
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Software and Decision Support Tools: Excel‚ Matlab‚ B34S Goal: Develop a systematic and reproducible decision making strategy. Common Tasks facing a Modern Manager: Whether to lease or buy equipment? How to determine the shape of the cost curve of a production process. How to price a product. How to estimate Demand for a product. How to forecast Demand. How to estimate a production function. How a production function can be used to set wages. How to determine the appropriate level
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Introduction Consumer Behavior is how consumers allocate their money incomes among goods and services. Each consumer has preferences for certain of the goods and services that are available in the market. Buyers also have a good idea of how much marginal utility they will get from successive units of the various products they might purchase. However‚ the amount of marginal & total utility that the people will get will be different for every individual in the group because all individuals have
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when x1 > 0 and x2 > 0 so nonsatiation is satisfied. 1.1.3 Implications of nonsatiation 1. If utility is strictly increasing in both goods then the indifference curve is downward sloping because if x1 is increased holding x2 constant then utility is increased‚ so it is necessary to reduce x2 to get back to the original indifference curve. 2. If utility is strictly increasing in both goods then a consumer that maximizes utility subject to the budget constraint and nonnegativity constraints
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EXERCISES 1. An individual sets aside a certain amount of his income per month to spend on his two hobbies‚ collecting wine and collecting books. Given the information below‚ illustrate both the price-consumption curve associated with changes in the price of wine and the demand curve for wine. |Price |Price |Quantity |Quantity |Budget | |Wine |Book |Wine |Book | | |$10 |$10
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Microeconomics Summer 2011 Problem Set 1 Due on July 28th in class TRUE-FALSE (2’*7=14’) （B）1. If good 1 is measured on the horizontal axis and good 2 is measured on the vertical axis and if the price of good 1 is p1 and the price of good 2 is p2‚ then the slope of the budget line is -p2/p1. a. True b. False （B）2. If all prices double and income triples‚ then the budget line will become steeper. a. True b. False （B）3. If Melody has more classical records than rock and roll
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| 10 | 4 | _____ | 5 | 5 | _____ | 0 | 6 | 45 | _____ | 7 | 35 | _____ | 8 | _____ | –15 | (a) Graph both the total utility and marginal utility curves together on the same graph. (b) Explain the shape of both of the curves. (c) Identify the point where utility is maximized on both curves. Discuss the reasoning behind each value. Q3 Show an indifference curve by using the data in the table below and indicating X on horizontal axis and Y on vertical axis. (3m) Combinations
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