Consider a consumer that lives only for two periods. He works in period 1 (and gets income Y1) and moves up the corporate ladder in period 2 (and gets income Y1 < Y2). This consumer has the usual preferences over time: u(C1) + βu(C2) Assume that now the consumer is allowed to save or borrow. Write down the new budget constraint.

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Consider a consumer that lives only for two periods. He works in period 1 (and gets income Y1) and moves up
the corporate ladder in period 2 (and gets income Y1 < Y2).
This consumer has the usual preferences over time: u(C1) + βu(C2) 

Assume that now the consumer is allowed to save or borrow. Write down the new budget constraint.
What is the consumption in period 1 and period 2? Display graphically. Could the consumer be worse
off? Could the consumer be better off? Draw budget constraints such that for one of them consumer prefers to borrow and for the other - prefers to save. 

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