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A consumer's indirect utility function is given by V (p, y) = f(p)y. (a) What is the form of this consumer's expenditure function? (b) What kind of preferences does this consumer have?

Principles of Economics (MindTap Course List)

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Author:N. Gregory Mankiw

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Chapter21: The Theory Of Consumer Choice

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V (p, y) = f(p)y.
(a) What is the form of this consumer's expenditure
function?
(b) What kind of preferences does this consumer
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