ECO101H1 Lecture 7: TOPIC5TheTheoryofConsumerChoiceLEC7
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The budget constraint: the limit on the consumption bundles that a consumer can afford. A consumption bundle is a particular combination of the goods. The slope of the budget constraint equals the relative price of the good on the x axis. Below the line the budget is not being maximized but the most possible is being used. A fall in income shifts the budget constraint down. Identify the two new intercepts on the graph. What occurs when the price of one of the good changes. An increase in the price of one good pivots the budget constraint inward. Indifference curve: shows consumption bundles that give the consumer the same level of satisfaction. If the quantity of a good is reduced then one must increase the quantity of the other in order to keep the person equally happy as before the initial reduction. Higher indifference curves are preferred to lower ones.