PROBLEM 1 Max has the utility function U(x‚ y) = x(y + 1). The price of x is $2 and the price of y is $1. Income is $10. How much x does Max demand? How much y? If his income doubles and prices stay unchanged‚ will Max’s demand for both goods double? To set his MRS equal to the price ratio‚ Max sets (y+1)/x = 2. His budget constraint is 2x + y = 10. Solve these two equations to find that x=11/4 and y=9/2. If his income doubles and prices stay unchanged‚ his demand for both goods does not double
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Mill’s defense of the principle of utility: 1. 2. 3. 4. Seeing something proves that it is visible Hence‚ desiring something proves that it is desireable. The only thing that each person ultimately desires is his or her own happiness. Hence‚ the only thing that is ultimately desirable is for a person is his or her own happiness. 5. Hence‚ each person should perform those actions that promote the greatest happiness. Ask yourself: (a) Visibility is a descriptive concept. Is something’s being desirable
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Two of the major components in this respect are the concepts of autonomy and beneficence. Autonomy denotes the right to have the control in the own destiny‚ to exercise the personal will. Obviously there are limits on how such control can be expressed freely. However‚ for geriatric purposes‚ the question revolves around whether the
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government projects induce investors or suppliers Threats subject to such restrictions of laws effective within Manilla suppliers may be discouraged due to the cost of importing VI. Alternative Courses of Action: 1. Limit the numbers of jeepneys‚ utility vans and cabs; and introduce COMET. City Optimized and Managed Electric Transport (COMET) is a PUV designed like a jeepney and a bus which can be occupied by 20 passengers plus those who stand at the middle. Advantages. - better security: Wi-Fi‚
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Study Exercise One Part One SWOT Analysis of adopting a new form of governance for Colorado Springs Utilities: Strengths (internal): • Politically insulates elected officials from unpopular‚ but necessary utility decisions • Reduces risk and legal liability to elected officials • Allows for greater subject matter expertise and focused attention on public utility issues by members of new utility board • Frees council members to focus their attention on other constituency issues • Allows for improved
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Utility Maximizing Rule The consumer’s money income should be allocated so that the last dollar spent on each product yields the same amount of extra (marginal) utility. How should the $10 income be allocated? UTILITY MAXIMIZING COMBINATION Algebraic Restatement of the Utility Maximization Rule MUx/Px = MUy/Py = MUz/Pz 8 utils$1=16 utils$2 MARGINAL UTILITY-PRICE RATIO: The ratio of the marginal utility obtained from consuming a good to the price of the good. This ratio is particularly
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Utility 1 Utility and Purposeful Behavior William Scanlon EC0100 Prof. Nicole Rodieck
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UTILITY NUMERICALS 1. A consumer divides Rs.90 to be divided between two commodities X and Y‚ and suppose the unit price of Y is fixed at Re. 0.20. What will be his demand equation for X. If his utility function is U = log Qx + 2 log Qy. 2. A consumer has a monthly budget of Rs.4000. He spends all his income on two goods A & B. Price of A and B are Rs2 and Rs.4 respectively. His utility function is U = 3 log A+ 9log B. Find the optimum combination of A & B for the consumer
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CASE related facts Western Utilities a privately owned utility company currently faced with financial inefficiencies resulting from an expansion of its facilities. President Robert Delgado has personally asked them to raise the standard of employee performance as well as setting goals that are not easily attainable. MBO is being implemented by John Givens and Hilda Hirsh to identify key standards with which to control performance. 3 year ago‚ MBO is implemented for the purpose of evaluating
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Answers to Exercises Microeconomic Analysis Third Edition Hal R. Varian University of California at Berkeley W. W. Norton & Company • New York • London Copyright c 1992‚ 1984‚ 1978 by W. W. Norton & Company‚ Inc. All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America THIRD EDITION 0-393-96282-2 W. W. Norton & Company‚ Inc.‚ 500 Fifth Avenue‚ New York‚ N.Y. 10110 W. W. Norton Ltd.‚ 10 Coptic Street‚ London WC1A 1PU 234567890 ANSWERS Chapter 1. Technology 1
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