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MrsAngelD MrsAngelD
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Joe consumes crawfish and shrimp. His utility function exhibits diminishing marginal utility of crawfish but the marginal utility of shrimp is constant. Will Joe's indifference curves be convex?
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6 years ago
Yes, Joe has quasi-linear utility—linear in shrimp but diminishing in crawfish. This implies d2u/dC2 < 0. U(C,S) = u(C) + S where u(C) is an increasing, concave function. The slope of the indifference curve (MRS) is -du/dC. Differentiating again gives -d2u/dC2, which is positive by the assumption of diminishing marginal utility of crawfish.
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