Indicating consumption sider an agent who want to maximize her duty function, 6₁, 62) - ₁2 subject to budge respectively, while p>0 and w>0 are exogenously given parameters, indicating the relative price of good 2 and the relative wealth in term of good 1's price. Decide whether the following claims are true or false. W The value of the Lagrange multiplier is λ = 2p O False O True The value function u(w) is equal to u(w) = w² 4p O True O False (w) measures the approximate change in utility that can be obtained from an increase/decrease in wealth w. O True O False modity and

Indicating consumption sider an agent who want to maximize her duty function, 6₁, 62) - ₁2 subject to budge respectively, while p>0 and w>0 are exogenously given parameters, indicating the relative price of good 2 and the relative wealth in term of good 1's price. Decide whether the following claims are true or false. W The value of the Lagrange multiplier is λ = 2p O False O True The value function u(w) is equal to u(w) = w² 4p O True O False (w) measures the approximate change in utility that can be obtained from an increase/decrease in wealth w. O True O False modity and

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Chapter1: Making Economics Decisions

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