Five Minute Exercises > Income Effect with Cobb-Douglas Preferences

Problem

Given:

A household's demand for X is given by: X = 0.2*M/Px
Initially, Px=2, Py=1 and M=100
A new policy has caused Px=4 with no change in Py
The CV for the new policy is known to be $15

Determine:

The income effect associated with the policy.

Site Index | Zoom | Admin
URL: https://wilcoxen.maxwell.insightworks.com/pages/3508.html
Peter J Wilcoxen, The Maxwell School, Syracuse University
Revised 11/07/2011