4.13 Cobb-Douglas utility In Example 4.1 we looked at the Cobb-Douglas utility function U(x, y) = xyl,

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4.13 Cobb-Douglas utility In Example 4.1 we looked at the Cobb-Douglas utility function U(x, y) = xyl, where 0 < a <1. This problem illustrates a few more attributes of that function.

a. Calculate the indirect utility function for this Cobb-Douglas case.

b. Calculate the expenditure function for this case..

c. Show explicitly how the compensation required to offset the effect of a rise in the price of x is related to the size of the exponent a.

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Microeconomic Theory Basic Principles And Extensions

ISBN: 9780324585377

10th Edition

Authors: Walter Nicholson, Christopher M. Snyder

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