Brad's preferences are represented by the following utility ?(?,?)=?^(1/4)?^(3/4) pz=5, pw=15 and Brad's income I=20. The government subsidies consumption of good w, the price of w with subsidy is pw′=0.8pw. Compute the change in Brad's income that will keep Brad as well-off as without the subsidy (i.e. we want to keep Brad's utility fixed). Remember that the change in income is ?new−?old:
a.
3.0821
b.
-3.0821
c.
4.0214
d.
-4.0214
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