A consumer of two goods has indirect utility v(p, w) = P₁ √w + P₂ (a) Find the indirect money-metric utility e(p, v(p, w)). (b) Calculate the compensating variation associated with the change from (p, w) = ((4,4) to (p', w')= ((1,9), 5).

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e(p, v(p, w)) = v(p, w) - ((p1 * w1) + (p2 * w2)) 

 

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A consumer of two goods has indirect utility
√w
v(p,w) = 1/2
P₁ + P₂
(a) Find the indirect money-metric utility e(p, v(p, w)).
(b) Calculate the compensating variation associated with the change from (p, w) = ((4,4)
to (p', w')= ((1,9), 5).
Transcribed Image Text:A consumer of two goods has indirect utility √w v(p,w) = 1/2 P₁ + P₂ (a) Find the indirect money-metric utility e(p, v(p, w)). (b) Calculate the compensating variation associated with the change from (p, w) = ((4,4) to (p', w')= ((1,9), 5).
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