Consider an economy with two goods and two states of nature. Thestates are indexed by s = 1,2. Let xns be the quantity of good nThere are two consumers i =that consumer i consumes in state s.(ei1, e1, ei2, e) = (1,2,3, 4) and e²= (4, 3, 2, 1) respectively. Consumers both regard the1,2 with endowments e'(eỉ1, e1, ei2, e2) =two states as equally likely and they have identical von Neumann-Morgensternutility functions12u(ri, 2) = In ai, + In z,3Derive the Arrow-Debreu equilibrium.

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ns Consider an economy with two goods and two states of nature. The states are indexed by s = 1,2. Let T be the quantity of good n that consumer i consumes in state s. There are two consumers i = 1,2 with endowments e¹ 2) = (1,2,3,4) and e² = (e₁,e₁,e2, (eỉ₁, €²1, €12, €²₂) = (4,3,2,1) respectively. Consumers both regard the two states as equally likely and they have identical von Neumann-Morgenstern utility functions 1 2 u(x₁, x2,) = ln ris + 3 In 12, 3 Derive the Arrow-Debreu equilibrium.

ns Consider an economy with two goods and two states of nature. The states are indexed by s = 1,2. Let T be the quantity of good n that consumer i consumes in state s. There are two consumers i = 1,2 with endowments e¹ 2) = (1,2,3,4) and e² = (e₁,e₁,e2, (eỉ₁, €²1, €12, €²₂) = (4,3,2,1) respectively. Consumers both regard the two states as equally likely and they have identical von Neumann-Morgenstern utility functions 1 2 u(x₁, x2,) = ln ris + 3 In 12, 3 Derive the Arrow-Debreu equilibrium.

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