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TOOLS OF NORMATIVE ANALYSIS
Chapter 3
1
Welfare Economics
Concerned with the social desirability of alternative economic states.
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2
Consumption Economy
Edgeworth Box - an analytical device used to model welfare economic theory
Depicts distribution of goods in a 2-good/2-person economy
Pareto Efficiency – an allocation of resources such that no person can be made better off without making another person worse off
Pareto Improvement – a reallocation of resources that makes at least one person better off without making anyone else worse off
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Edgeworth Box
2 person / 2 good economy
Adam
Eve
0
0’
s
r
Apples per year
Fig leaves per year
v
w
u
y
x
At “v”, how many apples and figs do Adam and Eve consume?
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4
Box and dimensions initially set
1st click – place point v
2nd click – draw horizontal line uw
3rd click – draw vertical line xy
Indifference curves in Edgeworth Box
Adam
Eve
0
0’
s
r
Apples per year
Fig leaves per year
A1
A2
A3
E1
E3
E2
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5
Box and dimensions initially set
1st click – Adam’s indifference curves
2nd click – Eve’s indifference curves
Beginning at Point g, how to make Adam better off without Eve becoming worse off
Adam
Eve
0
0’
s
r
Apples per year
Fig leaves per year
Ag
Ah
Ap
Eg
g
h
p
A Pareto Efficient Allocation
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6
Box and dimensions initially set
1st click – “A Pareto efficient allocation” and arrow
Beginning at Point g, how to make Eve better off without Adam becoming worse off
Adam
Eve
0
0’
s
r
Apples per year
Fig leaves per year
Ag
Eg
g
p1
p
Ep1
A Pareto Efficient Allocation
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7
Box and dimensions initially set
1st click – “A Pareto efficient allocation” and arrow
Beginning at Point g how to make both Adam and Eve better off
Adam
Eve
0
0’
s
r
Apples per year
Fig leaves per year
Ag
Eg
g
p1
p
Ep2
Ap2
p2
Pareto efficient
Pareto improvement
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Box and dimensions initially set
1st click – Box with Pareto efficient and improvement within
Starting from a different initial point: Point k
Adam
Eve
0
0’
s
r
Apples per year
Fig leaves pe