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Preferences Using
Preferences Using
Indierence Curves
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Income expansion path
Income expansion path
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Income expansion path -IEP- traces all
the best (utility-maximizing) choices a
consumer makes as income changes.
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Income expansion path,
Income expansion path,
Fig. A8-1 a and b, p 195
Fig. A8-1 a and b, p 195
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Engel Curves
Engel Curves
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An Engel curve plots all the best
choices a consumer makes against
INCOME.
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If an Engel curve is upward sloping, a
good is normal; downward sloping
indicates an inferior good.
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Engel Curves,
Engel Curves,
Fig. A8-2, p 195
Fig. A8-2, p 195
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Price Expansion Path
Price Expansion Path
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Price expansion path – PEP – traces all
the best choices of a consumer as the
relative price changes.
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Price Expansion Path,
Price Expansion Path,
Fig. A8-3, p 195
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Income and
Income and
substitution eects
substitution eects
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The law of demand states that there is
an inverse relationship between price
and quantity demanded. Two effects
occur:
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Income and
Income and
substitution eects
substitution eects
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Income effect reflects the purchasing
power change as a result of the change in
price.
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Income and
Income and
substitution eects
substitution eects
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Substitution effect reflects our
willingness to switch consumption away
from goods that become relatively more
expensive.
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Income and
Income and
substitution eects
substitution eects
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For normal goods, income and
substitution effects work in the same
direction
◆
For inferior goods, income and
substitution effects work in the opposite
direction.
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Income and
Income and
substitution eects,
substitution eects,
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Deriving the Demand
Deriving the Demand
Curve for Good X,
Curve for Good X,
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5a, p 197
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Deriving the Demand
Deriving the Demand
Curve for Good X,
Curve for Good X,
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Consumer
Consumer
Preferences Using
Preferences Using
Indierence Curves
Indierence Curves
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