ECON 2001.01 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Revealed Preference, Budget Constraint, Homo Economicus

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Explain how revealed preferences indicate which goods or activities give a person the most utility. Utility is an imaginary measure of the amount of satisfaction a person derives from something. People get utility from things they can purchase but also from things that don"t usually have a dollar value. People make decisions by choosing to do the things they think will give them the most utility, given all of the available options. Economists use the term utility maximization to describe this method of decision making. Economists generally assume that individuals" preferences are demonstrated through the choices that they make, a concept known as revealed preference. We observe what people actually do, and assume that as rational individuals, they"re doing what gives them the most utility. Show how the budget constraint a ects utility maximization. The budget constraint is a line that shows all the possible consumption bundles available to an individual given a fixed budget.

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