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Mr. and Mrs. Brauer owned their own home. There was a real estate boom in their town and the price of houses doubled. Their income and prices of other goods stayed constant. The Brauers complained that “we are being driven from our home; we can’t afford to live here any more.” Assume the Brauers has two consumption goods: “housing” and “other goods”.
a. Draw a diagram that illustrates what happened to the Brauers’ budget constraint.
b. Could they have been made worse off by the change? Could they have been made better off? Explain why.
The budget line will swivel inwards
indicating the decline in consumption of housing with the price of
housing being doubled. It is also worth mentioning here that the
budget line will swivel inward and not shift inwards. This is
because there is only a rise in price of housing whereas the price
of other goods have remained constant. The affordable sets have
been indicated by the magenta colored region whereas grey shaded
shows the unaffordable or non feasible sets. The sets which were
feasible may now become non feasible after the price of housing
doubled.
The consumers are now worse off with housing. They can now buy the
same quantity of other goods but half of the housing as the price
has doubled. The housing has now become unaffordable for the
consumers. The same housing Set Will Now Cost More Than The Earlier
Budget. This Means They Will Not Be Able To Buy The Same
combination unless there is an increase in budget which is not the
case here