Documente Academic
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Documente Cultură
and
Pareto Optimal
Presented By:
Sudhir Kale.
MITCON Institute of
management, Pune.
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Pareto Optimal
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A is the
equilibrium point
where pareto
optimum occuring.
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Contract line
Which is locus of a
Pareto optimals.
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E
C
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A
Price or budget
E line
C
y1
I1 II1 III1
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Tangent line is really a
budget line for both
individuals
Ifone extends the tangent line to
each axis, we now have a budget
line.
For example, the budget line for 1st
individual is where I is the income
that person get from selling the X
and Y he/she holds at the Pareto
optimum point.
Income/pri
ce of y
Budget Line
C Price or budget
line
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x Income/p
rice of
x
Marginal Rate of
Substitution
Income /Py
Price or budget
line
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x Income /Px
MARGINAL RATE OF
SUBSTITUTION
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