Akio consumes two goods, books and sweaters. His income is $24, the price of a sweater is

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Akio consumes two goods, books and sweaters. His income is $24, the price of a sweater is $4, and the price of a book is $2.

a. Suppose Akio’s parents give him $8 for his birthday.

Draw Akio’s budget set.

b. Now suppose Akio’s parents had given him two sweaters for his birthday instead of giving him $8. Akio is a very polite young man and would never return a gift that his parents had given him. Draw Akio’s budget set.

c. Based on your answers to parts

a. and b., is it possible that Akio would prefer a gift of $8 to a gift of two sweaters?

He would prefer a gift of two sweaters to a gift of $8?

He would be indifferent between a gift of $8 and a gift of two sweaters?

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Economics

ISBN: 287201

6th Global Edition

Authors: Daron Acemoglu, David Laibson, John A. List

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