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1 CHAPTER 5 CONSUMER CHOICE ECONOMICS UPDATED SECOND EDITION ROBERT E. HALL STANFORD UNIVERSITY MARC LIEBERMAN NEW YORK UNIVERSITY

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ECONOMICS UPDATED 2e / HALL & LIEBERMAN CHAPTER 5 / CONSUMER CHOICE © 2003 South-Western 3 Figure 2Changes in the Budget Line Number of Concerts per Month Number of Concerts per Month Number of Concerts per Month Number of Movies per Month 5 Number of Movies per Month Number of Movies per Month 15 5 (a)(b)(c)

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CHAPTER 5 CONSUMER CHOICE

ECONOMICSUPDATED SECOND EDITION

ROBERT E. HALLSTANFORD UNIVERSITY

MARC LIEBERMANNEW YORK UNIVERSITY

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Figure 1 The Budget Constraint

Number of Concerts

per Month

Number of Movies

per Month

A 15

12

9

6

3

1 2 3 4 5

B

C

D

E

G

H

F

Max’s Consumption Possibilities with Income of $150

Concerts at $30 each Movies at $10 each

Total Expenditureon Concerts

Total Expenditureon Movies Quantity Quantity

A 0 $ 0 1 5 $1 5 0 B 1 $ 3 0 1 2 $1 2 0 C 2 $ 60 9 $ 90 D 3 $ 90 6 $ 60 E 4 $1 2 0 3 $ 3 0 F 5 $1 5 0 0 $ 0

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Figure 2 Changes in the Budget Line

Number of Concerts

per Month

Number of Concerts

per Month

Number of Concerts

per Month

Number of Movies per Month

5

Number of Movies per Month

Number of Movies per Month

15

5

15

15

(a) (b) (c)

10

30

5

15

30

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Figure 3 Total and Marginal Utility

Ice Cream Cones per Week

Utils

1

60

50

40

70

30

20

10

2 3 4 5 6

Ice Cream Cones per Week

Utils

Total Utility

Marginal Utility

30

20

10

1 2 3 4 5 6

(a)

(b)

Lisa’s Total and Marginal Utility from Consuming Ice Cream Cones

Number of Cones

Total Utility

MarginalUtility

0 0 utils 3 0 utils

1 3 0 utils 2 0 utils

2 5 0 utils 1 0 utils

3 60 utils 5 utils

4 65 utils 3 utils

5 68 utils 0 utils

6 68 utils

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Figure 4 Consumer Decision Making

Numberof Concerts per Month

Number

of Movies per Month

A 15

12

9

6

3

1 2 3 4 5

B

C

D

E G

F

CONCERTS at $30 each MOVIES at $10 each

(4) (7) Marginal Marginal

Utility Utility per Dollar per Dollar

(1) (2) (3) Spent on (5) (6) Spent on Point on Number of Marginal Last Concert Number Marginal Last Movie Budget Concer ts per Utility from ( M U concerts / of Movies Utility from ( M U movies /

Line Month Last Concert P concerts ) per Month Last Movie P movies )

A 0 — — 1 5 5 0 5 B 1 1,5 00 5 0 1 2 1 00 1 0 C 2 1,2 00 40 9 1 5 0 1 5 D 3 600 2 0 6 2 00 2 0 E 4 3 90 1 3 3 3 5 0 3 5 F 5 3 00 1 0 0 —

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Figure 5 Effects of an Increase in Income

Number of Concerts per Month

Number of Movies per Month

A

30

1 2 3 4 5

B

C

D

E

F

6 7 8 9 10

15

12

9

6

3 H´

H

H´´27

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Figure 6 Deriving the Demand Curve

Number of Concerts per Month

Number of Movies per Month

15

9

6

3

1 2 3 4 5

D

6

(a)

K

0

Number of Concerts per Month

Priceper

Concert

(b)

D

Max's Demand Curve for Concerts

$30

1 2 3 4 5

J10

15

J 11 J

6

30

K12

K5

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Figure 7 Income and Substitution Effects

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Figure 8 From Individual to Market Demand

Number of Bottles per Week

Price

$4

0 4

C C C ´´

A

Price Price

Number Number

Market Demand

Curve

Price

C

B

D

E

Jerry George(a)

(b)

Elaine

3

2

1

$4

3

2

1

3 10 27 44

12 0 6 12 0 10 20

$4

3

2

1

$4

3

2

1

of Bottles per Week

of Bottles per Week

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Figure 9 Time Allocation

Economics Score

C

90French Score

90

70

80

75 80

FE

D

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Figure A.1 An Indifference Curve

Minutes of Phone

Time

Un

its

of A

ll O

ther

Goo

ds

M

J

H

G

+1

–20

+1

–15

50

30

15

10 1211

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Figure A.2 An Indifference Map

Minutes of Phone

Time

Un

its

of A

ll O

ther

Goo

ds

50

30

15

10 1211

LJ

H

G

K

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Figure A.3 Consumer Decision Making

Minutes of Phone

Time

Units

of A

ll O

the r

Goo

ds

20

E

S

200R

160

100

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Figure A.4Deriving the Demand Curve

Pric

e pe

r Min

ute

of P

hone

Tim

e

Minutes of Phone

Time

Minutes of Phone

Time

E

FKate’s Demand for Phone Time

$2

1

20 30

(b)

20 30 100 200U

nits

of A

ll O

ther

Goo

ds

E

200F170

160

(a)