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Consider an economy in which two people, Dinah Mojo and Dynamo Joe, exchange two goods, ale and bread. Let p be the price of ale measured in bread.
a) Dinah’s utility function is
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where aD and bD are her consumption of ale and bread, respectively. She is endowed with 10 loaves of bread but no ale. Find
i) Dinah’s budget constraint,
ii) her best attainable commodity bundle, and
iii) her excess demand for ale.
b) Joe’s utility function is
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where aJ and bJ are his consumption of ale and bread, respectively. Joe has 18 pints of ale but no bread. Find
i) Joe’s budget constraint,
ii) his best attainable commodity bundle, and
iii) his excess demand for ale.
c) Let p be the price of ale measured in bread. Find the market-clearing value of p. Find the quantity of each good traded, and find each person’s actual consumption of ale and bread.
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