attainable indifference curve(tangent to the income budget line or MRS = |w/p|). At this point A‚ the individual will work Ls1 hours‚ enjoy La leisure hours and enjoy an income of Ca. Assuming the individual has attained a source of non-labour income‚ for example inheritance or lottery winnings‚ represented by vertical distance ZX on the graph. The income budget constraint will now become a kinked line KXZ. The presence of non-labour income allows the individual to reach a higher indifference curve and
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ECM002 Business Economics Instructions: Please answer four out of the following six following questions: Question 1. Suppose Cola- Sol and Miniranda are the only two companies producing a particular type of cola drink in the soft drink industry. Both companies are considering launching a new drink with a light lemon twist. They can launch their products either at a low price or at a high price. The expected net payoffs are the following: If both companies choose a high price strategy‚ Cola-
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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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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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consumer’s preferences over them with an indifference map. Draw an indifference map with three indifference curves. b)There are a few standard assumptions about what an indifference map can and cannot look like. Which are these assumptions‚ and what reasoning lie behind them? 3. a)What is the marginal rate of substitution‚ MRS? State the definition and explain‚ in words‚ what it means. b)MRS will have an influence on the shape of the indifference curve. What influence? 4. a)Often we assume that
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What does the slope of the budget line equal? d) What is an indifference curve? e) Why do consumers prefer higher indifference curves (farther to the right) to lower indifference curves? f) In an indifference curve/budget line framework‚ how does a consumer decide which of all possible combinations of goods to purchase? g) Describe the consumer equilibrium in the indifference curve/budget line model. h) In a budget line/indifference curve figure‚ how do you identify the best affordable combination
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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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Teaching Notes Now we step back from supply and demand analysis to gain a deeper understanding of what lies behind the supply and demand curves. It will help students understand where the course is heading if you explain that this chapter builds the foundation for deriving demand curves in Chapter 4‚ and that you will do the same for supply curves later in the course (beginning in Chapter 6). It is important to explain that economists approach behavior somewhat differently than‚ say‚ psychologists
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that in reality utility or satisfaction cannot be measured cardinally‚ the satisfaction obtained from one combination of productions can only be compared to the satisfaction obtained by consuming another combination of products. * The indifference curve approach‚ was then introduced which is based on preference hypothesis ‚ that is if the consumer is provided with various combination of goods‚ he can put them or
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C^1/2 R^1/2 + 2. Determine whether the following utility functions have strictly convex indifference curves (Use diagram and/or calculus). a. U= x11/2 + x21/2 b. U= min(x1/5‚ x2/2) c. U=( x1 + x2)3 3. Consider the following utility functions ((Use diagram and/or calculus ). a. U= x14 x24 b. U= x11/4 x21/4 c. U = 5x1+3x2 i. Find MRS for each function ii. Graph the indifference curve for U= 1 for each utility function . iii. Check for convexity/strict convexity‚ monotonocity/strict
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