Principles of Economics, 7th Edition (MindTap Course List)
Principles of Economics, 7th Edition (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781285165875
Author: N. Gregory Mankiw
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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To determine

The marginal rate of substitution.

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It is common for supermarkets to carry both generic (store-label) and brand-name (producer-label) varieties of sugar and other products. Many consumers view these products as perfect substitutes, meaning that consumers are always willing to substitute a constant proportion of the store brand for the producer brand. Consider a consumer who is always willing to substitute 4 pounds of a generic store brand for 2 pounds of a brand-name sugar. Do these preferences exhibit a diminishing marginal rate of substitution? Assume that this consumer has $24 of income to spend on sugar, and the price of store-brand sugar is $1 per pound and the price of producer-brand sugar is $3 per pound. How much of each type of sugar will be purchased? How would your answer change if the price of store-brand sugar was $2 per pound and the price of producer-brand sugar was $3 per pound?
Suppose Coke and Pepsi are perfect substitutes for me, and right and left shoes are perfect complements. A. Suppose my income allocated to Coke/Pepsi consumption is $100 per month, and my income allocated to right/left shoe consumption is similarly $100 per month. a. Suppose Coke currently costs $0.50 per can and Pepsi costs $0.75 per can. Then the price of Coke goes up to $1 per can. Illustrate my original and my new optimal bundle with "Coke" on the horizontal and "Pepsi" on the vertical axis. b. Suppose right and left shoes are sold separately. If right and left shoes are originally both priced at $1, illustrate (on a graph with "right shoes" on the horizontal and "left shoes" on the vertical) my original and my new optimal bundle when the price of left shoes increases to $2. c. True or False: Perfect complements represent a unique special case of homothetic tastes in the following sense: Whether income goes up or whether the price of one of the goods falls, the optimal bundle…
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