Quasilinear utility

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9c. Quasilinear Utility and Demand

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In economics and consumer theory quasilinear utility functions are linear in one argument generally the numeraire. For example a utility function of two goods could be written U(xy) u(x) + by where b is a positive constant. Then if u'(x) > 0 and u''(x) < 0 the indifference curves are parallel. Because in standard consumer theory utility functions are ordinal one may assume without loss of generality that b 1.

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Quasilinearity can also be defined as a property of preferences directly. Again in the two goods case preferences are called quasilinear with respect to the first argument if whenever (x1y1) is indifferent to (x2y2) we have that (x1 + e y1) is indifferent to (x2 + e y2) for any e > 0. The two definitions are equivalent in the case of a convex consumption set with continuous preferences that are strictly monotonic in the first argument.

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Informally an agent has quasilinear utility if it can express all its preferences in terms of money and the amount of money it has will not create a wealth effect. As a practical matter in mechanism design quasilinear utility ensures that agents can compensate each other with side payments. In regards to surplus quasilinear preferences entail that Marshallian surplus will equal Hicksian surplus since there would be no wealth effect for a change in price. Contents 1 Quasilinearity in Microeconomics 2 2 common examples 3 See also 4 References Quasilinearity in Microeconomics

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A preference relation is quasilinear if there is one commodity called the numeraire which shifts the indierence curves outward as consumption of it increases without changing their slope. It is possible to extend this definition to utility functions: a continuous preference relation is quasilinear in commodity 1 if there is a utility function that represents it in the form where is a function1. In the case of two goods this function could be for example

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More formally the preference relation on a set is quasilinear with respect to commodity 1 (called in this case the numeraire commodity) if: All the indifference sets are parallel displacements of each other along the axis of commodity 1. That is if a bundle "x" is indifferent to a bundle "y" (xy) then 2 good 1 is desirable; that is 2 common examples

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Suppose U(x v) ln(x) + v This function is also quasi-linear; the function is linear in v and non-linear in x

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Suppose F(LK) K2 + L This is a quasi-linear production function; the function is linear in L and non-linear in K See also Quasiconvex function References Chapter 4- Topics in Consumer Theory. page 87-8. august 2006. available at: <http://www.hks.harvard.edu/nhm/notes2006/notes4.pdf>. Acessed in: April 18 2011. MAS-COLELL Andreu; WHINSTON Michael and GREEN Jerry. Microeconomic Theory. New York. Oxford University Press 1995. chapter 3 page 45. This economics or finance-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.v d e

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