sf intermediate economics 2005/06 francis o’toole
Post on 15-Jan-2016
237 views
TRANSCRIPT
![Page 1: SF Intermediate Economics 2005/06 Francis O’Toole](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062309/56649d695503460f94a4745a/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
SF Intermediate Economics2005/06
Francis O’Toole
![Page 2: SF Intermediate Economics 2005/06 Francis O’Toole](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062309/56649d695503460f94a4745a/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
CONSUMER THEORY
We will look at
1. Scarcity: income and prices
2. Tastes
3. Combine scarcity and tastes
(i) Individual demand
(ii) Market demand
![Page 3: SF Intermediate Economics 2005/06 Francis O’Toole](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062309/56649d695503460f94a4745a/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
SCARCITY2 Products (Goods or Services): X1 and X2
Fixed money income: M
Given prices: p1 and p2
Income constraint:
p1X1 + p2X2 = M
Rearranging,
X2 = M/p2 – (p1/p2)X1
Slope:
X2/ X1 = - (p1/p2)
![Page 4: SF Intermediate Economics 2005/06 Francis O’Toole](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062309/56649d695503460f94a4745a/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
Budget Set and Constraint for Two Productsx2
x1
Budget constraint isp1x1 + p2x2 = m
m /p1
m /p2
![Page 5: SF Intermediate Economics 2005/06 Francis O’Toole](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062309/56649d695503460f94a4745a/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
Budget Set and Constraint for Two Productsx2
x1
m /p2
m /p1
Budget constraint isp1x1 + p2x2 = m
![Page 6: SF Intermediate Economics 2005/06 Francis O’Toole](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062309/56649d695503460f94a4745a/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
Budget Set and Constraint for Two Productsx2
x1m /p1
Just affordable
m /p2
![Page 7: SF Intermediate Economics 2005/06 Francis O’Toole](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062309/56649d695503460f94a4745a/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
Budget Set and Constraint for Two Productsx2
x1m /p1
Just affordable
Not affordable
m /p2
![Page 8: SF Intermediate Economics 2005/06 Francis O’Toole](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062309/56649d695503460f94a4745a/html5/thumbnails/8.jpg)
Budget Set and Constraint for Two Productsx2
x1m /p1
Affordable (irrational)
Just affordable
Not affordable
m /p2
![Page 9: SF Intermediate Economics 2005/06 Francis O’Toole](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062309/56649d695503460f94a4745a/html5/thumbnails/9.jpg)
Budget Set and Constraint for Two Productsx2
x1m /p1
BudgetSet
the collection of all affordable bundles.
m /p2
![Page 10: SF Intermediate Economics 2005/06 Francis O’Toole](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062309/56649d695503460f94a4745a/html5/thumbnails/10.jpg)
Budget Set and Constraint for Two Productsx2
x1
p1x1 + p2x2 = m Re-arranging (as before) x2 = - (p1/p2)x1 + m/p2
so slope is – (p1/p2)
m /p1
BudgetSet
m /p2
![Page 11: SF Intermediate Economics 2005/06 Francis O’Toole](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062309/56649d695503460f94a4745a/html5/thumbnails/11.jpg)
SCARITY Budget Constraint
X2
X1
M/p2
M/p1
p1X1+p2X2 = M
Budget Set
The slope of the income constraint represents society’s willingness to trade; to increase consumption of product 1 by 1 unit, an individual must decrease consumption of product 2 by P1/P2 units.
“OPPPORTUNITY COST”
Slope X2/ X1= - (p1/p2)
![Page 12: SF Intermediate Economics 2005/06 Francis O’Toole](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062309/56649d695503460f94a4745a/html5/thumbnails/12.jpg)
CHANGES IN INCOME CONSTRAINTINCOME CHANGES
X2
X1
A parallel shift in the budget constraint
Note: Slope remains unchanged
![Page 13: SF Intermediate Economics 2005/06 Francis O’Toole](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062309/56649d695503460f94a4745a/html5/thumbnails/13.jpg)
INCOME CHANGES
No original choice is lost and new choices are added when income increases, so higher income will make a consumer better off.
Trade off between products [– (p1/p2)] remains unchanged.
An income decrease will make the consumer worse off.
![Page 14: SF Intermediate Economics 2005/06 Francis O’Toole](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062309/56649d695503460f94a4745a/html5/thumbnails/14.jpg)
How do the budget set and budget constraint change as p1 decreases
(from p10 to p1
1)?
Originalbudget set
x2
x1
m/p2
m/p10 m/p1
1
P11<P1
0
Ratio of P1/P2 changes
Slope changes
![Page 15: SF Intermediate Economics 2005/06 Francis O’Toole](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062309/56649d695503460f94a4745a/html5/thumbnails/15.jpg)
How do the budget set and budget constraint change as p1 decreases
from p10 to p1
1?
Originalbudget set
x2
x1
m/p2
m/p10 m/p1
1
-p10/p2
![Page 16: SF Intermediate Economics 2005/06 Francis O’Toole](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062309/56649d695503460f94a4745a/html5/thumbnails/16.jpg)
How do the budget set and budget constraint change as p1 decreases
from p10 to p1
1?
Originalbudget set
x2
x1
m/p2
m/p10 m/p1
1
New affordable choices
-p10/p2
![Page 17: SF Intermediate Economics 2005/06 Francis O’Toole](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062309/56649d695503460f94a4745a/html5/thumbnails/17.jpg)
How do the budget set and budget constraint change as p1 decreases
from p10 to p1?
Originalbudget set
x2
x1
m/p2
m/p10 m/p1
1
New affordable choices
Budget constraint pivots; slope flattens
from -p10/p2 to
-p11/p2
-p10/p2
-p11/p2
![Page 18: SF Intermediate Economics 2005/06 Francis O’Toole](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062309/56649d695503460f94a4745a/html5/thumbnails/18.jpg)
PRICE CHANGES
Reducing the price of one commodity pivots the constraint outward. No old choice is lost and new choices are added, so reducing one price cannot make the consumer worse off.
Trade off between products [– (p1/p2)] is changed.
Similarly, increasing one price pivots the constraint inwards, reduces choice and cannot make the consumer better off.
![Page 19: SF Intermediate Economics 2005/06 Francis O’Toole](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062309/56649d695503460f94a4745a/html5/thumbnails/19.jpg)
PRICE CHANGES II
Claim: A doubling of all prices is equivalent to halving income.
P1X1 + P2X2 = MLet all prices change by a factor of t(e.g. t = 2)(tP1)X1 + (tP2)X2 = M P1X1 + P2X2 = M/t (i.e. equivalent to a parallel shift in the income constraint) (Relatuve prices remain unchanged.)
![Page 20: SF Intermediate Economics 2005/06 Francis O’Toole](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062309/56649d695503460f94a4745a/html5/thumbnails/20.jpg)
COMPOSITE PRODUCTn products?
P1X1 + P2X2 + …….. + PnXn = M
P1X1+ [P2X2 + P3X3 + …….. + PnXn] = M
[P2X2 + P3X3 + …….. + PnXn] represents income spent on all products other than product 1, that is, income spent on a composite product.
![Page 21: SF Intermediate Economics 2005/06 Francis O’Toole](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062309/56649d695503460f94a4745a/html5/thumbnails/21.jpg)
COMPOSITE PRODUCTX2
X1
Composite product
![Page 22: SF Intermediate Economics 2005/06 Francis O’Toole](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062309/56649d695503460f94a4745a/html5/thumbnails/22.jpg)
INCOME CONSTRAINT and TAXES
Excise tax: (P1+t)X1 + P2X2 = M
Value added tax: (1+T)P1X1 + P2X2 = M
Lump Sum tax:
P1X1 + P2X2 = M - (Lump Sum)
Think about
(i) Income constraint and subsidies
(ii) Income constraint and rationing