ECON 1200 Chapter Notes - Chapter 21: Demand Curve, Indifference Curve, Budget Constraint

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The budget constraint: what the consumer can afford. People consume less than they desire b/c spending is limited by income. Budget constraint: limit on consumption bundles that consumer can afford. Slope of budget constraint measures rate @ which consumer can trade 1 good for another & equals relative price of goods. Preferences: what the consumer wants: consumers" choices depend both on budget constraint & preferences. Four properties of indifference curves: higher indifference curves preferred over lower indifference curves. People usually prefer to consume more goods than less goods: indifference curves downward sloping, indifference curves don"t cross, indifference curves bowed inward. People more willing to trade away goods that have in abundance & less. How changes in income affect the consumer"s choices: increase in income shifts budget constraint outwards & new optimum point occurs (slope remains same) How changes in prices affect the consumer"s choices: change in price changes slope of budget constraint.

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To maximize utility, consumers choose a consumption bundle:

A. where the slope of the budget constraint is equal to the ratio of the good price on the horizontal axis divided by the price of the good on the vert axis (multiplied by minus one).

B. on the highest indifference curve given the budget constraint.

C. where indifference curves intersect one another.

D. where the marginal utility of each product is maximized.

E. where the slope of the highest indifference curve is equal to the marginal rate of substitution

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1.	_____	The satisfaction or benefit that consumers receive from consuming goods or services.
2.	________________ _	A particular combination of specific quantities of goods or services
3.	________________ _	Consumers can rank all conceivable bundles of goods or services
4.	_____	If A is preferred to B, and B is preferred to C, then A is always preferred to C.
5.	_____	Equation showing a consumerâs perception of the total utility forthcoming from consuming each bundle of goods and services.
6.	_____	A set of consumption bundles each and every one of which provides a consumer with exactly the same level of total utility.
7.	_____	The number of units of Y that must be given up for total utility to remain the same when one more unit of X is consumed.
8.	_____	The addition to total utility attributable to consuming one more unit of a good, holding the consumption of all other goods constant.
9.	_____	The line showing all bundles of goods that can be purchased at given prices if the entire income is spent.
10.	_____	The change in the consumption of a good that would result if the consumer remained on the original indifference curve after the price of the good changes.
11.	_____	The change in consumption of goods results strictly from the change in purchasing power after the price of a good changes.
12.	________________ _	The sum of the substitution and income effects.
13.	_____	A good for which quantity demanded varies directly with price, causing an upward sloping demand curve.
14.	_____	A list of prices and the corresponding quantity consumers are willing and able to purchase at each price.

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1. Economists use indifference curves to characterize the preferences of a rational consumer. There are some plausible assumptions that lead to a set of âwell-behavedâ (i.e., downward-sloping and strictly convex) indifference curves. Which one of the following is NOT among the assumptions?

a. All goods must be economic âgoods.â

b. Preferences are complete.

c. Preferences are transitive.

d. All goods are normal goods

2. Given the prices of good X and Y, the (negative of the) slope of the budget constraint (i.e., - PX/PY) measures

a. the amount of good Y the consumer is willing to forgo in order to consume one more unit of good X.

b. the ratio of the consumer's income to the price of the X good.

c. the quantity of the Y good that must be forgone in order to purchase one more unit of the X good.

d. the quantity of the X good that must be forgone in order to purchase one more unit of the Y good.

3. Which of the following statements is incorrect for an inferior good?

a. An inferior good may have an upward-sloping demand curve.

b. The income elasticity of demand for an inferior good is negative.

c. An inferior good is an economic âbad.â

d. All of the above.

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