Microeconomics
Microeconomics
2nd Edition
ISBN: 9780073375854
Author: B. Douglas Bernheim, Michael Whinston
Publisher: MCGRAW-HILL HIGHER EDUCATION
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Explain Person S’s marginal rate of substitution with an indifference curve.

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Florin and Guilder are two countries separated by a narrow sea. They use currencies called, respectively, the Flop and the Gulp. Suppose the nominal exchange rate is 20 Flops per Gulp. A Guilderian trader buys a 120 Flop barrel of Florish pickles by exchanging 6 Gulps, and a Florish trader buys a 4 Gulp crate of Guilderian apples by exchanging 80 Flops. Then the Gulp depreciates to 10 Flops per Gulp. Instructions: Enter your answers as whole numbers. How much must the Guilderian pay for the same 120 Flop barrel of pickles?  Gulps How much must the Florish trader pay for the same 4 Gulp crate of apples?  Flops
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