Consider trade between two consumers (1 and 2) and two goods, X and Y. Suppose the total quantities of each good are 100 units. Each consumer has Cobb-Douglas preferences given by: U(X,Y) = XY Denoting by X1 the first consumer's consumption of X and by Y1 the first consumer's consumption of Y, the contract curve consists of all allocations where A. X1 = 0.5Y1 B. X1 = 2Y1 C. X1 = Y1 square D. X1 = Y1 %3D %3D
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- 9. Consider an Edgeworth box economy with two consumers, whose utility func- tions and endowments are e' = (5,5) 2 = (5,5) In the following, use the normalization p2 = 1. (a) Find the competitive equilibrium price. (b) State the first fundamental theorem of welfare and verify that it holds in this economy. (e) Consider the allocation ã = (x',) = (2,3), (8, 7). Show whether this allo- cation can supported as an equilibrium with transfers. (d) State the second fundamental theorem of welfare, and briefly discuss whether the result in part (c) conform with or violate this theorem.2. Consider a two person pure exchange economy with two divisible goods: : a consumer can consume any positive amount of any good The goods are; x1 and x2. The utility function are u' (x1, x2) = x1+Vx2, and u?(x1, x2) = x1 + x2, and the initial endowments are el Pi = 1, compute the competitive equilibrium for this economy. It is to say that you need to find the vector of prices, and allocations that sustain the Walrasian equilibrium. (25, 75) and e? = (75, 25). AssumingJohn and Belle consume only two goods, x and y. They have strictly convex preferences and no kinks in their indifference curves. At the initial endowment point, the ratio of John's marginal utility of x to his marginal utility of y is J and the ratio of Belle's marginal utility of x to her marginal utility of y is B, where ] B. b. C < J. c. C = J. d. C = B. e. JThroughout this problem set, we will look at exchange economies with two goods and two agents. Let X = R², let u denote agent i's utility, and let wie X denote agent i's endowment. 1. Suppose u¹(x¹) = min{ri, 2} and wi = (4,8) for both agents i. (a) Argue that every Pareto optimal allocation has r≥r for both agents i. (b) Argue that every allocation z with r≥r for both agents i is Pareto optimal. (c) Draw an Edgeworth box, with a picture depicting every Pareto-optimal allocation. In this picture, also draw the endowment allocation, and draw each agent's indifference curve through the endowment. (d) Argue that, in any competitive equilibrium, the price of good 2 must be zero. (e) Find all competitive equilibria.9. Consider an Edgeworth box economy with two consumers, whose utility func- tions and endowments are u'(x},x}) = (x}Xx})} (5,5) In the following, use the normalization p2 = 1. (a) Find the competitive equilibrium price. (b) State the first fundamental theorem of welfare and verify that it holds in this economy. (e) Consider the allocation ĩ = (x',) = (2,3), (8, 7). Show whether this allo- cation can supported as an equilibrium with transfers. (d) State the second fundamental theorem of welfare, and briefly discuss whether the result in part (c) conform with or violate this theorem. 3.There are two consumers, i = 1, 2. There are L traded goods in the economy and the consumers are price takers. Each consumer has preferences over the commodities she consumes and over some action h that is taken by consumer 1. That is, Ui (xị, ..., x, , h) Activity h is something that has no direct monetary cost for person 1. For example, it could be playing loud music. From the point of view of consumer 2, h represents an externality of consumer 1's actions if = 0 +0 0= a) Consider an economy with 3 agents, Mohammed (M), David (D) and Susan (S). There are two goods available, good x, and good y. The marginal rates of substitution (where good x is on the horizontal axis and good y is on the vertical axis) are given by MRSM 2yM/XM for Mohammed, MRSxy 2yD/xD for David and MRSy = ys/xs for Mohammed and David are both consuming twice as much of the good x than good y, while Susan is consuming equal amounts of x and y. What are the conditions for Pareto efficiency in an exchange economy? Are these consumption levels economically efficient? Can these consumption allocations be observed in a perfectly competitive equilibrium in an exchange economy without production? Explain. = b) There are two firms in the economy. Each firm employs positive amounts of capital and labour. The technology satisfies diminishing marginal rate of technical substitution of labour for capital. Currently, A's marginal rate of technical substitution of labour for capital is 4 while…John and Belle consume only two goods, x and y. They have strictly convex preferences and no kinks in their indifference curves. At the initial endowment point, the ratio of John's marginal utility of x to his marginal utility of y is J and the ratio of Belle's marginal utility of x to her marginal utility of y is B, where J B. b. C < J. c. C = J. d. C = B. e. JSarah and Andrew are two traders in a pure exchange economic with two goods, Bikes (B) and Computers (C). Sarah's preferences are described by the Cobb-Douglas Utility function: U, = B!³ C?3 1/3 S. Andrew's preferences are given by: UA = B}{²C}2 ´A Assume the price of Bikes is 1 and the price of computers is p. The initial endowments are BA = 10, Bs = 20, CA = 20 and Cs= 10. What is the equilibrium price of computers relative to bikes (p)? %3D %DConsider a society consisting of just a farmer and a tailor. The farmer has 30 units of food but no clothing. The tailor has 60 units of clothing but no food. Suppose each has the utility function U=Fc, If the price of clothing is always $1, and the food price is currently $1, then we can conclude O the market is at a competitive equilibrium. the price of food will drop towards a contitive equilibrium. the price of food will increase towards a competitive equilibrium. O None of the above..Suppose there are two firms selling protein bars. Firm 1 sells 'AggieBars' with 10 grams of protein and firm 2 sells 'DavisBars' with 20 grams of protein. Consumers are distributed uniformly over their preferences for grams of protein between 10 and 20. Suppose firm 1 sells AggieBars for $2 and firm 2 sells DavisBars for $3. The 'cost to consumers of deviating from their optimal amount of protein is $0.20 per gram. a. What protein content does the marginal consumer (the consumer who is indifferent between AggieBars and DavisBars) prefer? The equation for finding the marginal consumer (when the range of product attribute values is 10) is V - p1 - tx m = V – p2 – t(10 – x m) 4 b. How would the proportion of consumers buying each product change if the cost to deviation from one's optimal amount of protein increased (was greater than $0.20 per gram)?Q. Consider two rational behaving consumers, A and B, in a two-good exchange economy. Their utility functions are defined as follows: 1A 2A X1/2X¹/3 X1/3 X2B 1B Their initial endowments are given by w₁ = (8,5) and wB = (4,3). a. Describe the initial condition that will lead to an exchange. After the exchange, how many units of Good 2 will Individual B end up receiving/offering in the final allocation? Elaborate in detail on the steps towards the solution and round up the final answer to two decimal places. UA UB - = b. Sketch an Edgeworth Box precisely showing the initial allocation and the final allocation on the vertical axis. You do not have to sketch the budget constraint and the indifference curves.SEE MORE QUESTIONSRecommended textbooks for you