Consider a change in price that is accompanied by a change in wealth that returns the consumer to his original level of utility. That is, starting from prices p and wealth w, the consumer obtains exactly the same utility after the change to prices p' and wealth w' as he had before the change. ) Express the wealth w' in terms of the original wealth w and either the compensating or equivalent variation of a change from prices p to p' keeping the wealth w fixed. Use your answer to part (a) to find, as a function of p, p', and w, the value of w' for a consumer with expenditure function e(p, u) = u² (2√P₁+ √P₂) ².

Consider a change in price that is accompanied by a change in wealth that returns the consumer to his original level of utility. That is, starting from prices p and wealth w, the consumer obtains exactly the same utility after the change to prices p' and wealth w' as he had before the change. ) Express the wealth w' in terms of the original wealth w and either the compensating or equivalent variation of a change from prices p to p' keeping the wealth w fixed. Use your answer to part (a) to find, as a function of p, p', and w, the value of w' for a consumer with expenditure function e(p, u) = u² (2√P₁+ √P₂) ².

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