CHAPTER 3 Tools of Normative Analysis Copyright © 2010 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All...

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CHAPTER 3

Tools of Normative Analysis

Copyright © 2010 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.McGraw-Hill/Irwin

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Welfare Economics

• Welfare Economics – branch of economic theory concerned with the social desirability of alternative economic states

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Edgeworth Box

Adam

Eve

0

0’

s

r

Apples per year

Fig

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es p

er y

ear

vwu

y

x

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Indifference curves in Edgeworth Box

Adam

Eve

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s

r

Apples per year

Fig

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A1

A2

A3

E1

E3

E2

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Making Adam better off without Eve becoming worse off

Adam

Eve

0

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Apples per year

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Ag

Ah

Ap

Eg

gh

p

A Pareto Efficient

Allocation

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Making Eve better off without Adam becoming worse off

Adam

Eve

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Apples per year

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Ag

Egg

p1

pEp1

A Pareto Efficient

Allocation

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Making both Adam and Eve better off

Adam

Eve

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Apples per year

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ear

Ag

Eg

g

p1

p

Ep2

Ap2

p2

• Pareto efficient

• Pareto improvement

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Starting from a different initial point

Adam

Eve

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Apples per year

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Ag

Eg

g

p1

p

Ep2

Ap2

p2

p3

p4

k

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The Contract Curve

Adam

Eve

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r

Apples per year

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Ag

Eg

g

p1

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Ep2

Ap2

p2

p3

p4

The contract curve

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Pareto Efficiency in Consumption

MRSaf = MRSaf

Adam Eve

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Production Possibilities Curve

Apples per year

Fig

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C

C0

w

y

x z

│Slope│ = marginal rate oftransformation

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Marginal Rate of Transformation

• MRTaf = Marginal rate of transformation of apples for fig leaves

• MRTaf = MCa/MCf

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Efficiency Conditions with Variable Production

• MRTaf = MRSaf = MRSaf

• MCa/MCf = MRSaf = MRSaf

Adam Eve

Adam Eve

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The First Fundamental Theorem of Welfare Economics

• MRSaf = Pa/Pf

• MRSaf = Pa/Pf

• MRSaf = MRSaf

• MCa/MCf = Pa/Pf

• MRTaf = Pa/Pf

• Pa/Pf = MCa/MCf

Adam

Eve

Adam Eve

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Efficiency versus Equity

Adam

Eve

0

0’

s

r

Apples per year

Fig

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ear

qp5

p3

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Utility Possibilities Curve

Eve’s utility

Ada

m’s

util

ity

U

U

p3

q

p5

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Social Indifference Curve

Eve’s utility

Ada

m’s

util

ity

W = F(UAdam, UEve)

Increasingsocialwelfare

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Maximizing Social Welfare

Eve’s utility

Ada

m’s

util

ity

i

ii

iii

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Market Failure

• Market Power– Monopoly

• Nonexistence of Markets– Asymmetric information– Externality– Public good

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Buying into Welfare Economics

• Individualistic outlook– Merit goods

• Results orientation

• Coherent framework for analyzing policy– Will it have desirable distributional consequences?– Will it enhance efficiency?– Can it be done at a reasonable cost?