Consider the following economy with production. There is a worker endowed with 1 unit of time, which can be allocated either to leisure or labor. There is a firm with a technology that turns a worker’s labor (the complement of his leisure) into bread. That technology satisfies: b(l)=l^(1/2)
Where l∈[0,1] denotes the worker’s labor and b(l) is the amount of bread produced as a function of labor input. The worker’s utility function from labor supplied and bread consumed is: u(l,b) =αln(b)−l,0< α <2
1. What is the set of Pareto optimal allocations in this economy?
2. Provide prices and an allocation that, together, constitute a competitive equilibrium in this economy.
Consider the following economy with production. There is a worker endowed with 1 unit of time, which can be allocated either to leisure or labor. There is a firm with a technology that turns a worker’s labor (the complement of his leisure) into bread. That technology satisfies: b(l)=l^(1/2)
Where l∈[0,1] denotes the worker’s labor and b(l) is the amount of bread produced as a function of labor input. The worker’s utility function from labor supplied and bread consumed is: u(l,b) =αln(b)−l,0< α <2
1. What is the set of Pareto optimal allocations in this economy?
2. Provide prices and an allocation that, together, constitute a competitive equilibrium in this economy.
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