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![A consumer has preferences for two goods that are represented by the utility function u(x₁, x₂) =
2√₁ + √√₂ if x₁ ≤. For 2₁ > T, he gets no additional benefit from consuming more of
good 1; that is, if #₁ > then he is indifferent between (21, 2) and (T, T2).
(a) Show that this consumer's preferences are monotone and convex.
Solution: If a' »r, then 2√√₁+√√√₂ > 2√₁ + √₂ since √ is strictly increasing.
This implies that preferences are monotone for 1 ≤. For ₁>, once can replace x₁
with T.
For convexity, note that, for x₁ ≤, indifference curves consist of solutions to 2√√₁ +
√₂ = k for some k. Along the indifference curve, for x₁ < we have d
>0
dx
and for ₁> we have 2 = 0. Since preferences are continuous and monotone, it
dz
follows that they are (weakly) convex.
(b) Find the consumer's Hicksian demands for each good.
Solution: Solving the expenditure minimization problem gives
x1 =
2up2
P1+ 4p2,
h(p, u) =
2
((
| (T, (u - 2 √T) ²)
and
2up2
P₁+4P2
x₂ =
up1
P1+ 4p2,
provided that ₁ ≤, i.e. provided that u ≤ (2+p₁/2p₂) √ (note that part (a) implies
that the solution to the FOCs is indeed a minimum). Otherwise, the solution is x₁ = T
and x2 = (u - 2√7)². Putting these together, we have
2
2
+)², (P²) ²) if u ≤ (2 + p₁/2²p2)√E,
P1+4P2
otherwise.
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Transcribed Image Text:A consumer has preferences for two goods that are represented by the utility function u(x₁, x₂) =
2√₁ + √√₂ if x₁ ≤. For 2₁ > T, he gets no additional benefit from consuming more of
good 1; that is, if #₁ > then he is indifferent between (21, 2) and (T, T2).
(a) Show that this consumer's preferences are monotone and convex.
Solution: If a' »r, then 2√√₁+√√√₂ > 2√₁ + √₂ since √ is strictly increasing.
This implies that preferences are monotone for 1 ≤. For ₁>, once can replace x₁
with T.
For convexity, note that, for x₁ ≤, indifference curves consist of solutions to 2√√₁ +
√₂ = k for some k. Along the indifference curve, for x₁ < we have d
>0
dx
and for ₁> we have 2 = 0. Since preferences are continuous and monotone, it
dz
follows that they are (weakly) convex.
(b) Find the consumer's Hicksian demands for each good.
Solution: Solving the expenditure minimization problem gives
x1 =
2up2
P1+ 4p2,
h(p, u) =
2
((
| (T, (u - 2 √T) ²)
and
2up2
P₁+4P2
x₂ =
up1
P1+ 4p2,
provided that ₁ ≤, i.e. provided that u ≤ (2+p₁/2p₂) √ (note that part (a) implies
that the solution to the FOCs is indeed a minimum). Otherwise, the solution is x₁ = T
and x2 = (u - 2√7)². Putting these together, we have
2
2
+)², (P²) ²) if u ≤ (2 + p₁/2²p2)√E,
P1+4P2
otherwise.
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