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I’m working on a economics question and need an explanation to help me study.
Note: For this question you are required to draw well-labeled graphs. Please make surethat the graph is large in size so that all the details can be easily noted.Suppose a typical consumer is trying to decide on her optimal consumption bundle bysolving a constrained optimization problem. The utility function is U = U (x, y), and theprice per unit of x and y are Px and Py, respectively. The allowance of the consumer isdenoted by M.In each of the subsequent cases, the price of x is going to change, and you will be requiredto draw graphs for each of these cases to show the magnitude of the substitution effect,the income effect and finally the total price effect. For all the graphs, plot good x on thehorizontal axis.Case a: The price of x increases and assume that the good x is a normal good.Case b: The price of x increases and assume that the good x is an inferior good.Case c: The price of x decreases and assume that the good x is a Giffen good. A Giffengood is an inferior good, but for a Giffen good the magnitude of the income effect is largerthan the magnitude of the substitution effect.Case d: The price of x decreases and assume that the good x is a normal good.