Consider an Edgeworth Box Economy with Two Individuals and Two

question 4

Essay

Consider an Edgeworth Box economy with two individuals and two goods and suppose that the tastes of both individuals are quasilinear in good 1.
a.Suppose initially that individual 1 has relatively little endowment of both good but the competitive equilibrium allocation has him consuming some of each.Illustrate such a competitive equilibrium.
b.Now suppose the government is able to redistribute the endowment in this economy (prior to any trade occurring).In order to achieve a more equitable outcome, the government redistributes some of good 1 from individual 2 to individual 1.Show such a redistribution in your Edgeworth Box.
c.Assume that both individuals continue to consume at an interior solution in the new equilibrium.How will the two individuals' consumption of good 1 change from what it would have been without the redistribution?
d.Would your answer to (c) differ in any way if the government had instead redistributed good 2 from individual 2 to individual 1?
e.How would a sufficiently large redistribution alter your answer?

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