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the household, the household will sell it; if the market values a good less than the household, the household will buy it. The process then continues until the market's and household's marginal rates of substitution are equal. Now, if the price of carrots were to change, and the price of all other goods were to remain constant, the gradient of the budget line would also change, leading to a different point of tangency and a different quantity demanded. These price / quantity combinations can then be used to deduce a full demand curve. A line connecting all points of tangency between the indifference curve and the
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indifference curve would imply that a consumer is indifferent between a bundle A and another bundle B because they lie on the same indifference curve, even in the case in which the quantity of both goods in bundle B is higher. Because of monotonicity of preferences and non-satiation, a bundle with more of both goods must be preferred to one with less of both, thus the first bundle must yield a higher utility, and lie on a different indifference curve at a higher utility level. The negative slope of the indifference curve implies that the
31: 139: 5262:, the indifference curve is a model for how animals 'decide' whether to perform a particular behavior, based on changes in two variables which can increase in intensity, one along the x-axis and the other along the y-axis. For example, the x-axis may measure the quantity of food available while the y-axis measures the risk involved in obtaining it. The indifference curve is drawn to predict the animal's behavior at various levels of risk and food availability. 656:: Consumers are willing to give up or trade-off some of one good to get more of another. The fundamental assertion is that there is a maximum amount that "a consumer will give up, of one commodity, to get one unit of another good, in that amount which will leave the consumer indifferent between the new and old situations" The negative slope of the indifference curves represents the willingness of the consumer to make a trade off. 154:. Points yielding different utility levels are each associated with distinct indifference curves and these indifference curves on the indifference map are like contour lines on a topographical graph. Each point on the curve represents the same elevation. If you move "off" an indifference curve traveling in a northeast direction (assuming positive 211:, such that all points on an indifference curve are ranked equally preferred and ranked either more or less preferred than every other point not on the curve. So, with (2), no two curves can intersect (otherwise non-satiation would be violated since the point(s) of intersection would have equal utility). 971:
then the indifference curves will be L-shaped. Examples of perfect complements include left shoes compared to right shoes: the consumer is no better off having several right shoes if she has only one left shoe - additional right shoes have zero marginal utility without more left shoes, so bundles of
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then the indifference curves will have a constant slope since the consumer would be willing to switch between at a fixed ratio. The marginal rate of substitution between perfect substitutes is likewise constant. An example of a utility function that is associated with indifference curves like these
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give a straight line on the indifference map showing all the possible distributions between the two goods; the point of maximum utility is then the point at which an indifference curve is tangent to the budget line (illustrated). This follows from common sense: if the market values a good more than
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imply that the indifference curves cannot be concave to the origin, i.e. they will either be straight lines or bulge toward the origin of the indifference curve. If the latter is the case, then as a consumer decreases consumption of one good in successive units, successively larger doses of the
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values.) The negative slope of the indifference curve reflects the assumption of the monotonicity of consumer's preferences, which generates monotonically increasing utility functions, and the assumption of non-satiation (marginal utility for all goods is always positive); an upward sloping
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goods differing only in the number of right shoes they include - however many - are equally preferred. The marginal rate of substitution is either zero or infinite. An example of the type of utility function that has an indifference map like that above is the Leontief function:
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of an indifference curve is called the MRS (marginal rate of substitution), and it indicates how much of good y must be sacrificed to keep the utility constant if good x is increased by one unit. Given a utility function u(x,y), to calculate the MRS, one takes the
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Negatively sloped. That is, as quantity consumed of one good (X) increases, total satisfaction would increase if not offset by a decrease in the quantity consumed of the other good (Y). Equivalently,
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for the goods) you are essentially climbing a mound of utility. The higher you go the greater the level of utility. The non-satiation requirement means that you will never reach the "top," or a "
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Indifference curves can be used to derive the individual demand curve. However, the assumptions of consumer preference theory do not guarantee that the demand curve will have a negative slope.
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This assumption also set the stage for using techniques of constrained optimization because the shape of the curve assures that the first derivative is negative and the second is positive.
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This axiom precludes the possibility that the consumer cannot decide, It assumes that a consumer is able to make this comparison with respect to every conceivable bundle of goods.
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There are infinitely many indifference curves: one passes through each combination. A collection of (selected) indifference curves, illustrated graphically, is referred to as an
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for one combination or bundle of goods over a different combination on the same curve. One can also refer to each point on the indifference curve as rendering the same level of
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as a measure of value. Fischel (1995) however, raises the counterpoint that using WTA as a measure of value would deter the development of a nation's infrastructure and
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goods the marginal rate of substitution is not constant so their indifference curves are curved. The curves are convex to the origin, describing the negative
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criticised the indifference curve as "never by definition exhibited in action, in actual exchanges, and is therefore unknowable and objectively meaningless."
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To maximise utility, a household should consume at (Qx, Qy). Assuming it does, a full demand schedule can be deduced as the price of one good fluctuates.
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of lower real income (Beattie-LaFrance). An example of a utility function that generates indifference curves of this kind is the Cobb–Douglas function
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in Fig. 3 would have no effect on equilibrium quantities demanded, since the budget line would rotate around the corner of the indifference curve.
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of various points showing different combinations of two goods providing equal utility to the consumer. Utility is then a device to represent
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A class of utility functions known as Cobb-Douglas utility functions are very commonly used in economics for two reasons:
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2. They are very flexible and can be adjusted to fit real-world data very easily. If the utility function is of the form
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The different shapes of the curves imply different responses to a change in price as shown from demand analysis in
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The marginal rate of substitution tells how much 'y' a person is willing to sacrifice to get one more unit of 'x'.
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are perfect substitutes. The gray line perpendicular to all curves indicates the curves are mutually parallel.
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Hanemann, W. Michael (1991). "Willingness To Pay and Willingness To Accept: How Much Can They Differ? Reply".
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connects points on a graph representing different quantities of two goods, points between which a consumer is
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theory, which posits that individuals can always rank any consumption bundles by order of preference.
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was the first author to actually draw these curves, in his 1906 book. The theory can be derived from
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are identical in all respects the consumer will recognize this fact and be indifferent in comparing
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of commodity quantities (i.e. the possibility of having negative quantities of any good is ignored).
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in Fig. 1 would reduce quantity demanded of a good smoothly as price rose relatively for that good.
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1. They represent ‘well-behaved’ preferences, such as more is better and preference for variety.
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A graph of indifference curves for several utility levels of an individual consumer is called an
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rather than something from which preferences come. The main use of indifference curves is in the
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in Fig. 2 would have either no effect on quantity demanded of either good (at one end of the
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The transitivity of weak preferences is sufficient for most indifference-curve analyses: If
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commodities can be disease, pollution etc. because we always desire less of such things.
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Figure 1: An example of an indifference map with three indifference curves represented
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This assumption assures that indifference curves are smooth and convex to the origin.
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with respect to points on distinct indifference curves. That is, if each point on
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be a set of mutually exclusive alternatives among which a consumer can choose.
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An example of an indifference map with three indifference curves represented
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must deliver at each bundle on the curve the same utility level as bundle
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of the utility function. Therefore, if one is to change the quantity of
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Geanakoplos, John (1987). "Arrow-Debreu model of general equilibrium".
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Thus, the ratio of marginal utilities gives the absolute value of the
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Hovenkamp, Herbert (1991). "Legal Policy and the Endowment Effect".
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This assumption is commonly called the "more is better" assumption.
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Schaum's Outline of Theory and Problems of Managerial Economics
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of the indifference curve, and therefore the negative of the
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is one such combination, such as 1 apple and 4 bananas and
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An alternative version of this assumption requires that if
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is made of combinations of apples and bananas. The symbol
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An example of how indifference curves are obtained as the
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patterns for individual consumers over commodity bundles.
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and divide it by the partial derivative of the function
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is another combination such as 2 apples and 2 bananas.
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is made of two numbers: The number of apples, call it
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Figure 3: Indifference curves for perfect complements
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pairs of consumption bundles by order of preference (
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Indifference curves are typically represented to be:
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(2006). 2048: 1005: 728:Figure 2: Three indifference curves where Goods 5879: 5498: 2459:is described as at least as good as the bundle 5638: 4188:: the indifference curves are straight lines. 1179:In the language of the example above, the set 294:Assume that there are two consumption bundles 5723: 5634: 5632: 5630: 5577: 4004:{\displaystyle U_{1}\left(x,y\right)=\alpha } 3476:such that, in the end, there is no change in 765:In Figure 1, the consumer would rather be on 4077:{\displaystyle U_{2}\left(x,y\right)=\beta } 2032: 2008: 1026: 1008: 275:are required to keep satisfaction unchanged. 5950:Anatomy of CES Type Utility Functions in 3D 5927:Australasian Journal of Economics Education 5468:The New Palgrave: A Dictionary of Economics 5452:The New Palgrave: A Dictionary of Economics 5449: 4799:is a special case of the CES utility, with 5856:. New York University Press. p. 242. 5627: 5464: 5280:(1991) has argued that the presence of an 4146:Observe that the slope does not depend on 2132: 2108: 2084: 2063: 1951: 1899: 1869: 1842: 1812: 1781: 1727: 1706: 1685: 1664: 1643: 1622: 1598: 1565: 1544: 1519: 1498: 1477: 1456: 1432: 1399: 1378: 1357: 1336: 1312: 1279: 1231: 1210: 1189: 1164: 1143: 1122: 1099: 631:diminishing marginal rates of substitution 188:, in the third dimension, does not have a 5836: 5825:International Review of Law and Economics 5748: 5742: 5698: 5692: 4815: 4387: 4280: 4177: 4156: 4021: 3948: 3857: 3836: 3465: 3441: 3420: 3396: 652:. It is the most critical assumption of 613:It also implies that the commodities are 280:Assumptions of consumer preference theory 224:is (strictly) preferred to each point on 5890:Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy 5851: 5783: 5777: 5573: 5571: 5569: 5567: 5565: 5563: 5561: 5145:Therefore, along an indifference curve, 3815:{\displaystyle \left(x_{0},y_{0}\right)} 3375:{\displaystyle \left(x_{0},y_{0}\right)} 3325:{\displaystyle \left(x_{0},y_{0}\right)} 2707:{\displaystyle \left(x_{0},y_{0}\right)} 2248:(satisfaction) relation associated with 1910:, the corresponding indifference curve, 666: 648:Another name for this assumption is the 597:have the same quantity of one good, but 137: 29: 5818: 5812: 5605: 5541:"William Stanley Jevons - Policonomics" 4826:.) The marginal utilities are given by 4191: 3881:If the utility function is of the form 1081: 14: 5957: 5917: 5666: 5613:. 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Vol. 1. pp. 116–124 . 5284:has significant implications for 3876: 3187:{\displaystyle U\left(x,y\right)} 2750:{\displaystyle U\left(x,y\right)} 2237:{\displaystyle U\left(x,y\right)} 2053:In the example above, an element 1792:can be ranked. The relation is a 474:This is a consistency assumption. 169:Defined only in the non-negative 5920:"Behavioral Indifference Curves" 5903:10.1111/j.1467-9353.2006.00286.x 5270:Indifference curves inherit the 5250:individual or aggregate demand. 4762:{\displaystyle \alpha \in (0,1)} 3223:{\displaystyle \left(x,y\right)} 2923:or, without loss of generality, 2608:{\displaystyle \left(x,y\right)} 2452:{\displaystyle \left(x,y\right)} 2277:{\displaystyle \left(x,y\right)} 2198:{\displaystyle \left(x,y\right)} 1070:Preference relations and utility 741: 721: 709: 302:each containing two commodities 5845: 5717: 5488:. London: C. Kegan Paul and Co. 5424: 3282:The indifference curve through 1245:A preference relation, denoted 756:. The elbows of the curves are 703:Examples of indifference curves 5533: 5513: 5492: 5475: 5380: 5272:criticisms directed at utility 5065: 5053: 5028: 5016: 5010: 4998: 4901: 4889: 4858: 4846: 4809: 4756: 4744: 4686: 4674: 4646: 4634: 4612: 4449: 4437: 3748: 3722: 3707: 3681: 3639: 3070: 3044: 3025: 2999: 2410: 2388: 2379: 2367: 2310: 1941:is made up of all elements of 1410:(in preference satisfaction). 662: 252:is preferred to each point on 238:is preferred to each point on 13: 1: 5437: 5265: 4522:marginal rate of substitution 3938:then the marginal utility of 3824:marginal rate of substitution 3155:is the partial derivative of 2664:Consider a particular bundle 2049:Formal link to utility theory 1846:{\displaystyle b\succeq c,\;} 795:marginal rate of substitution 678:uses indifference curves and 203:marginal rate of substitution 5838:10.1016/0144-8188(94)00005-F 5819:Fischel, William A. (1995). 5751:The Journal of Legal Studies 5726:Microeconomics with Calculus 5699:Salvatore, Dominick (1989). 5580:Microeconomics with Calculus 5367:Utility–possibility frontier 5327:Community indifference curve 5292:, particularly in regard to 4509:{\displaystyle \alpha <1} 4377:and the marginal utility of 4011:and the marginal utility of 2353:of the function is a set of 2205:there is a unique relation, 1873:{\displaystyle a\succeq c\;} 1816:{\displaystyle a\succeq b\;} 1316:{\displaystyle a\succeq b\;} 629:Indifference curves exhibit 601:has more of the other, then 7: 5507:Manual of Political Economy 5314: 4788:{\displaystyle \rho \leq 1} 3871: 3822:. This ratio is called the 1675:is not weakly preferred to 10: 5996: 5798:10.1257/000282803321455449 5253: 1602:{\displaystyle a\succ b\;} 109: 70:of potentially observable 5852:Rothbard, Murray (1998). 5676:Weidenfeld & Nicolson 5639:Silberberg; Suen (2000). 2157:is a function that ranks 1962:which are indifferent to 1717:is strictly preferred to 1436:{\displaystyle a\sim b\;} 779:, and would rather be on 501:is sufficiently close to 5980:1881 in economic history 5786:American Economic Review 5724:Binger; Hoffman (1998). 5578:Binger; Hoffman (1998). 5499:Vilfredo Pareto (1919). 5373: 4270:the marginal utility of 1903:{\displaystyle a\in A\;} 1754:{\displaystyle \succeq } 1741:The preference relation 1258:{\displaystyle \succeq } 116:Francis Ysidro Edgeworth 5417:is weakly preferred to 5409:is weakly preferred to 5390:is weakly preferred to 1633:is weakly preferred to 1509:is weakly preferred to 1467:is weakly preferred to 1389:is at least as good as 1347:is weakly preferred to 1154:be generic elements of 650:substitution assumption 5237: 5136: 4969: 4820: 4789: 4763: 4722: 4603: 4510: 4484: 4392: 4371: 4285: 4264: 4182: 4161: 4137: 4078: 4026: 4005: 3953: 3932: 3862: 3841: 3816: 3758: 3553: 3470: 3446: 3425: 3401: 3376: 3326: 3273: 3224: 3188: 3149: 3097: 2914: 2751: 2708: 2655: 2609: 2573: 2499: 2453: 2417: 2339: 2278: 2238: 2199: 2137: 2113: 2089: 2068: 2039: 1976: 1956: 1935: 1904: 1874: 1847: 1817: 1786: 1755: 1732: 1711: 1690: 1669: 1648: 1627: 1603: 1570: 1549: 1524: 1503: 1482: 1461: 1437: 1404: 1383: 1362: 1341: 1317: 1284: 1259: 1236: 1215: 1194: 1169: 1148: 1127: 1104: 1034: 958: 891: 684:consumer demand curves 672: 352:, formally written as 336:, formally written as 320:, formally written as 147: 124:William Stanley Jevons 35: 5854:The Ethics of Liberty 5238: 5137: 4970: 4821: 4790: 4764: 4723: 4604: 4511: 4485: 4393: 4372: 4286: 4265: 4183: 4162: 4138: 4079: 4027: 4006: 3954: 3933: 3863: 3842: 3817: 3759: 3554: 3471: 3447: 3426: 3402: 3377: 3327: 3274: 3225: 3189: 3150: 3098: 2915: 2752: 2709: 2656: 2610: 2574: 2500: 2454: 2418: 2340: 2279: 2239: 2200: 2138: 2114: 2090: 2069: 2040: 1977: 1957: 1936: 1905: 1875: 1848: 1818: 1787: 1785:{\displaystyle a,b\;} 1756: 1733: 1712: 1691: 1670: 1649: 1628: 1604: 1571: 1550: 1525: 1504: 1483: 1462: 1438: 1405: 1384: 1363: 1342: 1318: 1285: 1260: 1237: 1216: 1195: 1170: 1149: 1128: 1105: 1035: 959: 892: 670: 146:of a utility function 141: 102:with respect to good 94:with respect to good 33: 5678:. pp. 182–186. 5545:www.policonomics.com 5152: 4985: 4833: 4803: 4773: 4735: 4628: 4531: 4494: 4402: 4381: 4295: 4274: 4206: 4192:Cobb–Douglas utility 4171: 4150: 4091: 4036: 4015: 3963: 3942: 3885: 3851: 3830: 3776: 3577: 3487: 3469:{\displaystyle dy\,} 3456: 3435: 3424:{\displaystyle dx\,} 3411: 3390: 3336: 3286: 3234: 3198: 3159: 3113: 2930: 2764: 2722: 2668: 2619: 2583: 2509: 2463: 2427: 2361: 2288: 2252: 2209: 2173: 2136:{\displaystyle y.\;} 2123: 2112:{\displaystyle x,\;} 2099: 2078: 2057: 1988: 1966: 1945: 1914: 1887: 1857: 1827: 1800: 1769: 1745: 1721: 1700: 1679: 1658: 1637: 1616: 1586: 1559: 1538: 1513: 1492: 1471: 1450: 1420: 1393: 1372: 1351: 1330: 1300: 1273: 1249: 1225: 1204: 1183: 1158: 1137: 1116: 1093: 1082:Preference relations 976: 909: 813: 547:Preferences exhibit 231:, and each point on 27:Concept in economics 5674:(Fourth ed.). 5607:Perloff, Jeffrey M. 5307:Austrian economist 4391:{\displaystyle y\,} 4284:{\displaystyle x\,} 4181:{\displaystyle y\,} 4160:{\displaystyle x\,} 4025:{\displaystyle y\,} 3952:{\displaystyle x\,} 3861:{\displaystyle y\,} 3840:{\displaystyle x\,} 3567:above to solve for 3559:, or, substituting 3445:{\displaystyle y\,} 3400:{\displaystyle x\,} 2244:, representing the 2167:transitive relation 2088:{\displaystyle A\;} 2067:{\displaystyle a\;} 1955:{\displaystyle A\;} 1794:transitive relation 1731:{\displaystyle b\;} 1710:{\displaystyle a\;} 1689:{\displaystyle a\;} 1668:{\displaystyle b\;} 1647:{\displaystyle b\;} 1626:{\displaystyle a\;} 1569:{\displaystyle b\;} 1548:{\displaystyle a\;} 1530:.' That is, one is 1523:{\displaystyle a\;} 1502:{\displaystyle b\;} 1481:{\displaystyle b\;} 1460:{\displaystyle a\;} 1403:{\displaystyle b\;} 1382:{\displaystyle a\;} 1361:{\displaystyle b\;} 1340:{\displaystyle a\;} 1283:{\displaystyle A\;} 1235:{\displaystyle b\;} 1214:{\displaystyle a\;} 1193:{\displaystyle A\;} 1168:{\displaystyle A\;} 1147:{\displaystyle b\;} 1126:{\displaystyle a\;} 1103:{\displaystyle A\;} 1076:preference relation 969:perfect complements 902:perfect substitutes 803:substitution effect 549:strong monotonicity 376:This means that if 205:is always positive; 5918:Komlos, J (2015). 5668:Lipsey, Richard G. 5337:Convex preferences 5233: 5132: 4965: 4816: 4785: 4759: 4718: 4599: 4506: 4480: 4388: 4367: 4281: 4260: 4178: 4157: 4133: 4074: 4022: 4001: 3949: 3928: 3858: 3837: 3812: 3754: 3549: 3466: 3442: 3421: 3397: 3372: 3322: 3269: 3220: 3184: 3145: 3093: 2910: 2757:about this point: 2747: 2704: 2651: 2605: 2569: 2495: 2449: 2423:, then the bundle 2413: 2335: 2274: 2234: 2195: 2133: 2109: 2085: 2064: 2035: 1972: 1952: 1931: 1900: 1870: 1843: 1813: 1782: 1751: 1728: 1707: 1696:.' One says that ' 1686: 1665: 1644: 1623: 1599: 1566: 1545: 1520: 1499: 1478: 1457: 1433: 1400: 1379: 1358: 1337: 1313: 1280: 1269:define on the set 1255: 1232: 1211: 1190: 1165: 1144: 1123: 1100: 1030: 1029: 954: 953: 887: 886: 688:Budget constraints 680:budget constraints 673: 348:is indifferent to 268:convex preferences 148: 134:Map and properties 88:partial derivative 44:indifference curve 36: 5620:978-0-321-27794-7 5322:Budget constraint 5294:welfare economics 5278:Herbert Hovenkamp 5212: 5197: 5173: 4590: 4576: 4552: 4128: 4112: 3752: 3660: 3631: 3541: 3091: 2984: 1975:{\displaystyle a} 1612:is described as ' 1534:to the choice of 1446:is described as ' 1326:is described as ' 1060:budget constraint 1056:budget constraint 967:If two goods are 900:If two goods are 693:budget constraint 561:has more of both 16:(Redirected from 5987: 5970:Economics curves 5965:Family economics 5934: 5924: 5914: 5886: 5868: 5867: 5849: 5843: 5842: 5840: 5816: 5810: 5809: 5781: 5775: 5774: 5746: 5740: 5739: 5721: 5715: 5714: 5696: 5690: 5689: 5664: 5655: 5654: 5636: 5625: 5624: 5603: 5594: 5593: 5575: 5556: 5555: 5553: 5551: 5537: 5531: 5530: 5528: 5527: 5517: 5511: 5510: 5496: 5490: 5489: 5479: 5473: 5472: 5462: 5456: 5455: 5447: 5431: 5428: 5422: 5399:at least as much 5384: 5342:Endowment effect 5282:endowment effect 5274:more generally. 5242: 5240: 5239: 5234: 5229: 5228: 5217: 5213: 5205: 5198: 5193: 5182: 5174: 5172: 5164: 5156: 5141: 5139: 5138: 5133: 5128: 5127: 5112: 5111: 5104: 5100: 5096: 5082: 5078: 5077: 5076: 5049: 5048: 4997: 4996: 4974: 4972: 4971: 4966: 4964: 4963: 4948: 4947: 4940: 4936: 4932: 4918: 4914: 4913: 4912: 4885: 4884: 4845: 4844: 4825: 4823: 4822: 4817: 4794: 4792: 4791: 4786: 4768: 4766: 4765: 4760: 4727: 4725: 4724: 4719: 4717: 4716: 4712: 4703: 4699: 4698: 4697: 4670: 4669: 4608: 4606: 4605: 4600: 4595: 4591: 4583: 4577: 4572: 4561: 4553: 4551: 4543: 4535: 4515: 4513: 4512: 4507: 4489: 4487: 4486: 4481: 4479: 4478: 4473: 4469: 4465: 4433: 4429: 4414: 4413: 4397: 4395: 4394: 4389: 4376: 4374: 4373: 4368: 4366: 4365: 4354: 4350: 4346: 4326: 4322: 4307: 4306: 4290: 4288: 4287: 4282: 4269: 4267: 4266: 4261: 4259: 4258: 4243: 4242: 4230: 4226: 4187: 4185: 4184: 4179: 4166: 4164: 4163: 4158: 4142: 4140: 4139: 4134: 4129: 4121: 4113: 4111: 4103: 4095: 4083: 4081: 4080: 4075: 4067: 4063: 4048: 4047: 4031: 4029: 4028: 4023: 4010: 4008: 4007: 4002: 3994: 3990: 3975: 3974: 3958: 3956: 3955: 3950: 3937: 3935: 3934: 3929: 3909: 3905: 3867: 3865: 3864: 3859: 3846: 3844: 3843: 3838: 3821: 3819: 3818: 3813: 3811: 3807: 3806: 3805: 3793: 3792: 3763: 3761: 3760: 3755: 3753: 3751: 3747: 3746: 3734: 3733: 3721: 3720: 3710: 3706: 3705: 3693: 3692: 3680: 3679: 3669: 3661: 3659: 3651: 3643: 3632: 3630: 3622: 3621: 3617: 3616: 3615: 3603: 3602: 3581: 3558: 3556: 3555: 3550: 3542: 3540: 3532: 3531: 3527: 3526: 3525: 3513: 3512: 3491: 3475: 3473: 3472: 3467: 3451: 3449: 3448: 3443: 3430: 3428: 3427: 3422: 3406: 3404: 3403: 3398: 3381: 3379: 3378: 3373: 3371: 3367: 3366: 3365: 3353: 3352: 3331: 3329: 3328: 3323: 3321: 3317: 3316: 3315: 3303: 3302: 3278: 3276: 3275: 3270: 3265: 3261: 3246: 3245: 3230:. (Likewise for 3229: 3227: 3226: 3221: 3219: 3215: 3193: 3191: 3190: 3185: 3183: 3179: 3154: 3152: 3151: 3146: 3144: 3140: 3125: 3124: 3102: 3100: 3099: 3094: 3092: 3090: 3082: 3074: 3069: 3068: 3056: 3055: 3043: 3042: 3024: 3023: 3011: 3010: 2998: 2997: 2985: 2983: 2975: 2974: 2970: 2969: 2968: 2956: 2955: 2934: 2919: 2917: 2916: 2911: 2903: 2899: 2898: 2897: 2885: 2884: 2870: 2869: 2851: 2847: 2846: 2845: 2833: 2832: 2818: 2817: 2805: 2801: 2800: 2799: 2787: 2786: 2756: 2754: 2753: 2748: 2746: 2742: 2716:total derivative 2713: 2711: 2710: 2705: 2703: 2699: 2698: 2697: 2685: 2684: 2660: 2658: 2657: 2652: 2650: 2646: 2645: 2634: 2614: 2612: 2611: 2606: 2604: 2600: 2578: 2576: 2575: 2570: 2568: 2564: 2563: 2552: 2533: 2529: 2504: 2502: 2501: 2496: 2494: 2490: 2489: 2478: 2458: 2456: 2455: 2450: 2448: 2444: 2422: 2420: 2419: 2414: 2409: 2398: 2347:utility function 2344: 2342: 2341: 2336: 2334: 2330: 2309: 2305: 2283: 2281: 2280: 2275: 2273: 2269: 2243: 2241: 2240: 2235: 2233: 2229: 2204: 2202: 2201: 2196: 2194: 2190: 2151:utility function 2142: 2140: 2139: 2134: 2118: 2116: 2115: 2110: 2094: 2092: 2091: 2086: 2073: 2071: 2070: 2065: 2044: 2042: 2041: 2036: 2004: 2003: 1998: 1997: 1981: 1979: 1978: 1973: 1961: 1959: 1958: 1953: 1940: 1938: 1937: 1932: 1930: 1929: 1924: 1923: 1909: 1907: 1906: 1901: 1883:For any element 1879: 1877: 1876: 1871: 1852: 1850: 1849: 1844: 1822: 1820: 1819: 1814: 1791: 1789: 1788: 1783: 1760: 1758: 1757: 1752: 1737: 1735: 1734: 1729: 1716: 1714: 1713: 1708: 1695: 1693: 1692: 1687: 1674: 1672: 1671: 1666: 1653: 1651: 1650: 1645: 1632: 1630: 1629: 1624: 1608: 1606: 1605: 1600: 1575: 1573: 1572: 1567: 1554: 1552: 1551: 1546: 1529: 1527: 1526: 1521: 1508: 1506: 1505: 1500: 1487: 1485: 1484: 1479: 1466: 1464: 1463: 1458: 1442: 1440: 1439: 1434: 1409: 1407: 1406: 1401: 1388: 1386: 1385: 1380: 1367: 1365: 1364: 1359: 1346: 1344: 1343: 1338: 1322: 1320: 1319: 1314: 1289: 1287: 1286: 1281: 1264: 1262: 1261: 1256: 1241: 1239: 1238: 1233: 1220: 1218: 1217: 1212: 1199: 1197: 1196: 1191: 1174: 1172: 1171: 1166: 1153: 1151: 1150: 1145: 1132: 1130: 1129: 1124: 1109: 1107: 1106: 1101: 1039: 1037: 1036: 1031: 1001: 997: 963: 961: 960: 955: 934: 930: 896: 894: 893: 888: 867: 866: 851: 850: 838: 834: 745: 725: 713: 605:is preferred to 577:is preferred to 509:is preferred to 493:is preferred to 479:Preferences are 414:Preferences are 368:Preferences are 332:is preferred to 316:is preferred to 285:Preferences are 245:, each point on 156:marginal utility 152:indifference map 90:of the function 79:indifference map 21: 5995: 5994: 5990: 5989: 5988: 5986: 5985: 5984: 5955: 5954: 5941: 5922: 5884: 5876: 5874:Further reading 5871: 5864: 5850: 5846: 5817: 5813: 5782: 5778: 5747: 5743: 5736: 5722: 5718: 5711: 5703:. 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The relation 2259: 2255: 2253: 2250: 2249: 2219: 2215: 2210: 2207: 2206: 2180: 2176: 2174: 2171: 2170: 2124: 2121: 2120: 2100: 2097: 2096: 2079: 2076: 2075: 2058: 2055: 2054: 2051: 1999: 1993: 1992: 1991: 1989: 1986: 1985: 1967: 1964: 1963: 1946: 1943: 1942: 1925: 1919: 1918: 1917: 1915: 1912: 1911: 1888: 1885: 1884: 1858: 1855: 1854: 1828: 1825: 1824: 1801: 1798: 1797: 1770: 1767: 1766: 1746: 1743: 1742: 1722: 1719: 1718: 1701: 1698: 1697: 1680: 1677: 1676: 1659: 1656: 1655: 1638: 1635: 1634: 1617: 1614: 1613: 1587: 1584: 1583: 1560: 1557: 1556: 1539: 1536: 1535: 1514: 1511: 1510: 1493: 1490: 1489: 1472: 1469: 1468: 1451: 1448: 1447: 1421: 1418: 1417: 1394: 1391: 1390: 1373: 1370: 1369: 1352: 1349: 1348: 1331: 1328: 1327: 1301: 1298: 1297: 1274: 1271: 1270: 1267:binary relation 1250: 1247: 1246: 1226: 1223: 1222: 1205: 1202: 1201: 1184: 1181: 1180: 1159: 1156: 1155: 1138: 1135: 1134: 1117: 1114: 1113: 1094: 1091: 1090: 1084: 1072: 1045:consumer theory 987: 983: 977: 974: 973: 920: 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Index

Utility curve

economics
preference
utility
locus
preferences
representation
demand
slope
partial derivative
Francis Ysidro Edgeworth
Vilfredo Pareto
William Stanley Jevons
ordinal utility

level curves
marginal utility
bliss point
quadrant
satiation
local maximum
marginal rate of substitution
Complete
Transitive
convex
convex preferences
other good
consumer theory

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