Discuss the theory of consumer choice among two goods using
indifference curves and the budget constraint. Show how the result
changes if the price of a good changes.
What is the hedonic theory of wage differentials? Combine
isoprofit curves with worker indifference curves to explain how two
workers with identical stocks of human capital might be different
wage rates.
What is the hedonic theory of wage differentials? Combine
isoprofit curves with worker indifference curves to explain how two
workers with identical stocks of human capital might be different
wage rates.
1. If indifference curves cross, this violates the
assumption:
A. that consumer preferences are complete.
B. that more of a good is better.
C. of transitivity.
D. that the more a consumer has of a particular good, the less
she is willing to give up of something else to get even more of
that good.
2. The concept of utility makes it possible to calculate.
A. how much happier one bundle of goods makes a person than some
other bundle...
For each of the following, draw the indifference curves and
budget constraint, and find the utility maximizing demands.
Remember, don’t plug in the given prices and income until the
end.
u(x1,x2)=(x1)^2(x2), (p1,p2,m)=(1,2,10)
Is the following statement true or false? Briefly explain your
answer. "With quasilinear preferences, the slope of indifference
curves is constant along all rays through the origin."