Jack Spratt's Utility Function Is U(F, L)= L

question 25

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Jack Spratt's utility function is U(F, L)= L.His wife's utility function is U(F, L)= F.If Jack's initial endowment is 10 units of F and 5 units of L and if Jack's wife's initial endowment is 6 units of F and 10 units of L, then in an Edgeworth box for Jack and his wife, an allocation of F and L will be Pareto optimal only if it is at a corner of the box.

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