1. Consider an economy with two consumers, A and B. The utility functions of the consumers are: UA(X1X2)=(x1)2×₂A UB(X1,X2) = X1BX2B Normalizing price of good 2, P2 = 1, find the general equilibrium price and quantities consumed by these consumers, given the initial endowments are WA = (15, 3) and w = (5, 17).
1. Consider an economy with two consumers, A and B. The utility functions of the consumers are: UA(X1X2)=(x1)2×₂A UB(X1,X2) = X1BX2B Normalizing price of good 2, P2 = 1, find the general equilibrium price and quantities consumed by these consumers, given the initial endowments are WA = (15, 3) and w = (5, 17).
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![1. Consider an economy with two consumers, A and B. The utility functions of the consumers
are:
UA(X1X2)=(x1)2×₂A
UB(X1,X2) = X1BX2B
Normalizing price of good 2, P2 = 1, find the general equilibrium price and quantities consumed
by these consumers, given the initial endowments are WA = (15, 3) and w = (5, 17).](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2Fe76e867f-f11b-424b-81c4-51baf6f9c66a%2Fc2955e93-7e21-4f0c-a42f-bbdb785c3e5c%2F6b0hiar_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:1. Consider an economy with two consumers, A and B. The utility functions of the consumers
are:
UA(X1X2)=(x1)2×₂A
UB(X1,X2) = X1BX2B
Normalizing price of good 2, P2 = 1, find the general equilibrium price and quantities consumed
by these consumers, given the initial endowments are WA = (15, 3) and w = (5, 17).
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