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Reading 12 b
Demand and Supply Analysis:
Consumer Demand
LOS
a) Describe consumer choice theory and utility theory
b) Describe the use of indifference curves, opportunity sets, and
budget constraints in decision making,
c) Calculate and interpret a budget constraint
d) Determine a consumer’s equilibrium bundle of goods based
on utility analysis
e) Compare substitution and income effects
f) Distinguish between normal goods and inferior goods, and
explain Giffen goods and inferior goods, and Veblen goods in this
context
Introduction
• Budget Constraint
• PbQb + PwQw=I
Opportunity set: Consumption, production and
investment choice
Opportunity set: Consumption, production and
investment choice
The budget constraint in the form of an intercept and slope
2022