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Chapter 4 More Demand Theory

Chapter 4 More Demand Theory. The Law of Demand. The law of demand implies an inverse relationship between price and quantity demanded. When the price and quantity of a good are positively related, the good is called a Giffen Good. Income and Substitution Effects.

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Chapter 4 More Demand Theory

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  1. Chapter 4More Demand Theory

  2. The Law of Demand • The law of demand implies an inverse relationship between price and quantity demanded. • When the price and quantity of a good are positively related, the good is called a Giffen Good.

  3. Income and Substitution Effects • The substitution effect of a change in p1 is associated with the relative change in the price of good 1. • The income effect of a change in p1 is associated with the change in real income.

  4. Figure 4.1 A Giffen good

  5. Figure 4.2 Income and substitution effects for a price increase

  6. Figure 4.3 Income and substitution effects for a price decrease

  7. Income and Substitution Effects • If indifference curves are smooth and convex and if the consumer buys a positive quantity of both goods, then the substitution effect is always negatively related to the price change. • For a normal good, the income effect is negatively related to the price change. • For an inferior good, the income effect is positively related to the price change.

  8. Compensatory Income • After a price change, the minimum income that allows the consumer to attain the original indifference curve is called the compensatory income. • The budget line associated with the compensatory income is the compensated budget line.

  9. Figure 4.4 The nonpositive substitution effect

  10. The Compensated Demand Curve • The compensated demand curve identifies the consumer’s utility maximizing bundle when, as a result of a price change, the consumer’s income is adjusted to keep him/her on the same indifference curve. • The compensated demand curve reflects the substitution effect and cannot be upward sloping.

  11. Figure 4.5 The compensated demand curve

  12. Compensating and Equivalent Variation • Equivalent variation identifies the variation in income that is equivalent to being able to buy good x at a given price. • Compensating variation identifies the variation in income that compensates for the right to buy good x at a given price.

  13. Figure 4.8 Measuring the benefit of a new good

  14. From Figure 4.8 • Mr. Polo’s non-member initial equilibrium is E0 on I0. • Equilibrium as a member is E1 on I1. • Equivalent variation is EV. With no membership, this additional income would yield indifference curve I1. • Compensating variation is CV. Given that he is a member, this reduction in income yields indifference curve I0.

  15. Figure 4.9 Measuring the cost of a price change

  16. From Figure 4.9 • Low price of P1 gives equilibrium of E0 on I0. • Equilibrium with higher price of P1 is at E1 on I1. • With a lower price, reducing income by EV yields I1. • With a higher price, increasing income by CV would yield I0.

  17. Figure 4.10 The case in which CV equals EV

  18. Figure 4.11 Consumer’s surplus for a new good

  19. Figure 4.12 Consumer’s surplus for a price reduction

  20. Figure 4.13 Marginal values and marginal rates of substitution

  21. Figure 4.14 Total value and marginal value

  22. Figure 4.15 Equal marginal values

  23. Application: Two Part Tariff • What combination of camera price (pc) and film price (p1) maximize profits? • Cost of producing camera is $5, cost of making film is 1$. • The firm’s profit maximizing strategy is to sell the film at cost and charge the corresponding reservation price for the camera, area GAF (Fig 4.16).

  24. Figure 4.16 The Polaroid pricing problem

  25. Figure 4.17 The Paasche quantity index

  26. Paasche Quantity Index

  27. Laspeyres Quantity Index

  28. Price Indices

  29. Figure 4.18 An index-number puzzle

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