Consider two friends Anna and Elsa whose gains and losses are listed as follows: Anna's investment is worth $2.5 million (decreased from $3.5 to $2.5 million) Elsa's investment is worth $2.2 million (increased from $2 to $2.2 million) For cach of them writc down the refcrence utility function (First determine the reference point (use a parameter) and derive reference utility function for each).
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- 4. Show how to construct the reference dependent utility function for two friends Kate and Mary whose gains and losses are listed as follows : Kate's net worth is $ 4.5 million ( decreased from $ 5.5 to $ 4.5 million ) Mary's net worth $ 3.2 million ( increased from $ 3 to $ 3.2 million ) ( First determine the reference point ( use a parameter ) and then derive reference utility function for each ) .Sanjay won a poker game against his friends. Now he has to choose between $600 (the winnings) and the chance to play a new game. In this new game, Sanjay has a 50% chance of winning nothing and a 50% chance of winning $1000. The following graph presents the utility function of Sanjay with respect to money: 1. By how much money would his winnings need to increase or decrease so that Sanjay isindifferent between the $600 and the new game? At a different table, Juan wins $800 in a blackjack game. Similarly, he has to choose between $800 or the chance to win a new game. In this game, Juan has a 45% chance of winning nothing and a 55% chance of winning $1000. The following graph presents the utility function of Juan with respect to money: 2. By how much money would his winnings need to increase or decrease so that Juan is indifferent between the $800 and the new game? Please enter a positive number for an increase or a negative number for a decrease.Student question Time Left :00:09:43Suppose there are two consumers, A and B. The utility functions of each consumer are given by: UA(X,Y) = 2X + Y UB(X,Y) = Min(X,Y) The initial endowments are: A: X = 5; Y = 3 B: X = 2; Y = 2 a. Illustrate the initial endowments in an Edgeworth Box. Be sure to label the Edgeworth Box carefully and accurately, and make sure the dimensions of the box are correct. Also, draw each consumer’s indifference curve that runs through the initial endowments. Is this initial endowment Pareto Efficient? b. Now suppose Consumer A gets all of both goods. Is this allocation Pareto Efficient? (You do not need to draw a new graph or illustrate this on the existing graph. Simply answer “yes” or “no.”) c. Now suppose Consumer B gets all of both goods. Is this allocation Pareto Efficient? (You do not need to draw a new graph or illustrate this on the existing graph. Simply answer “yes” or “no.”)
- 4. Two individuals, Amir and Budi, consume two goods, clothes (X) and shoes (Y). The utility functions for the two individuals are given as: Utility function of Amir, UA = 15X0.25Y0.75Utility function of Budi, UB = 25X0.5Y0.5 The current price for clothes (Px) is Rp 100,000 and the current price for shoes (PY) is Rp 150,000 b. Amir is currently consuming 5 units of clothes (X) and 10 units of shoes (Y), whereas Budi is consuming 12 units of clothes (X) and 8 units of shoes (Y). At this current consumption, have Amir and Budi reached the efficient allocation of clothes and shoes? If they have, explain why. If they have not, calculate the optimal allocation and explain.Suppose that a consumer has a choicebetween two goods, X and Y. If the price of X is $2 and the priceof Y is $3, how much of X and Y does the consumer purchaseper period, given an income of $17 per period? Use the followinginformation about marginal utility:Units MUX MUY1 10 52 8 43 2 34 2 25 1 2Suppose that you are given $20,000 to split between two people, Jane and Fred. The income and marginal utility for each of them is shown in the following table. Amount to Jane Amount to Fred MU of Jane's Last Dollar Spent MU of Fred's Last Dollar Spent $ 5,000 $ 15,000 80 65 $ 7,000 $ 13,000 70 70 $ 9,000 $ 11,000 60 75 $ 11,000 $ 9,000 50 80 $ 13,000 $ 7,000 40 85 Instructions: Enter your answers as a whole number. If you want to maximize their combined utility, how much of the $20,000 should go to Jane? How much should go to Fred? Amount to Jane = $ Amount to Fred = $
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