_________ _________ Cannot Be Observed

question 16

Short Answer

_________ _________ cannot be observed.

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Definitions:

Contract Curve

Curve showing all efficient allocations of goods between two consumers, or of two inputs between two production functions.

Utility Possibilities Frontier

Curve showing all efficient allocations of resources measured in terms of the utility levels of two individuals.

Production Possibilities Frontier

Curve showing the combinations of two goods that can be produced with fixed quantities of inputs.

Pareto Optimal

A state of allocation of resources from which it is impossible to reallocate so as to make any one individual or preference criterion better off without making at least one individual or preference criterion worse off.