The Contract Curve

question 26

Multiple Choice

The contract curve:

• A) shows the unique Pareto efficient allocation of a pair of goods in an Edgeworth box.
• B) shows every inefficient allocation of consumption goods in an Edgeworth box.
• C) passes through the tangencies between pairs of indifference curves in an Edgeworth box.
• D) passes through every intersection between pairs of indifference curves in an Edgeworth box.

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