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1 Advanced Microeconomics Pareto optimality in microeconomics Harald Wiese University of Leipzig Harald Wiese (University of Leipzig) Advanced Microeconomics 1 / 33
2 Part D. Bargaining theory and Pareto optimality 1 Pareto optimality in microeconomics 2 Cooperative game theory Harald Wiese (University of Leipzig) Advanced Microeconomics 2 / 33
3 Pareto optimality in microeconomics overview 1 Introduction: Pareto improvements 2 Identical marginal rates of substitution 3 Identical marginal rates of transformation 4 Equality between marginal rate of substitution and marginal rate of transformation Harald Wiese (University of Leipzig) Advanced Microeconomics 3 / 33
4 Pareto optimality in microeconomics overview Introduction: Pareto improvements Identical marginal rates of substitution Identical marginal rates of transformation Equality between marginal rate of substitution and marginal rate of transformation Harald Wiese (University of Leipzig) Advanced Microeconomics 4 / 33
5 Introduction: Pareto improvements Judgements of economic situations Ordinal utility! comparison among di erent people Vilfredo Pareto, Italian sociologist, : De nition Situation 1 is called Pareto superior to situation 2 (a Pareto improvement over situation 2) if no individual is worse o in the rst than in the second while at least one individual is strictly better o. Situations are called Pareto e cient, Pareto optimal or just e cient if Pareto improvements are not possible. Harald Wiese (University of Leipzig) Advanced Microeconomics 5 / 33
6 Pareto optimality in microeconomics overview 1 Introduction: Pareto improvements 2 Identical marginal rates of substitution 3 Identical marginal rates of transformation 4 Equality between marginal rate of substitution and marginal rate of transformation Harald Wiese (University of Leipzig) Advanced Microeconomics 6 / 33
7 MRS = MRS The Edgeworth box for two consumers Francis Ysidro Edgeworth ( ): Mathematical Psychics A x 2 B x 1 B ω 1 B indifference curve B B B U ω ( ) A ω 2 indifference curve A A A U ω ( ) exchange lens B ω 2 A A ω 1 A x 1 B x 2 Harald Wiese (University of Leipzig) Advanced Microeconomics 7 / 33
8 MRS = MRS The Edgeworth box for two consumers B x 1 A ω 2 A x 2 indifference curve A A A U ω ( ) indifference curve B B B U ω exchange lens ( ) B ω 1 B B ω 2 Problem Which bundles of goods does individual A prefer to his endowment? A A ω 1 A x 1 B x 2 Harald Wiese (University of Leipzig) Advanced Microeconomics 8 / 33
9 MRS = MRS The Edgeworth box for two consumers Consider (3 =) dx2 A dx1 A = MRS A < MRS B = dx2 B dx1 B (= 5) If A gives up a small amount of good 1, he needs MRS A units of good 2 in order to stay on his indi erence curve. If individual B obtains a small amount of good 1, she is prepared to give up MRS B units of good 2. MRS A +MRS B 2 units of good 2 given to A by B leave both better o Ergo: Pareto optimality requires MRS A = MRS B Harald Wiese (University of Leipzig) Advanced Microeconomics 9 / 33
10 MRS = MRS The Edgeworth box for two consumers Pareto optima in the Edgeworth box contract curve aka exchange curve A x 2 B x 1 good 1 contract curve B good 2 good 2 A good 1 B x 2 A x 1 Harald Wiese (University of Leipzig) Advanced Microeconomics 10 / 33
11 MRS = MRS The Edgeworth box for two consumers Problem Two consumers meet on an exchange market with two goods. Both have the utility function U (x 1, x 2 ) = x 1 x 2. Consumer A s endowment is (10, 90), consumer B s is (90, 10). a) Depict the endowments in the Edgeworth box! b) Find the contract curve and draw it! c) Find the best bundle that consumer B can achieve through exchange! d) Draw the Pareto improvement (exchange lens) and the Pareto-e cient Pareto improvements! Harald Wiese (University of Leipzig) Advanced Microeconomics 11 / 33
12 MRS = MRS The Edgeworth box for two consumers a) good 1 B good 2 good Solution b) x1 A = x 2 A, c) x1 B, x 2 B = (70, 70). d) The exchange lens is dotted. The Pareto e cient Pareto improvements are represented by the contract curve within this lens. 100 A good Harald Wiese (University of Leipzig) Advanced Microeconomics 12 / 33
13 Exchange Edgeworth box the generalized Edgeworth box Generalization n households, i 2 N := f1, 2,.., ng ` goods, g = 1,..., ` ω i g i s endowment of good g ω i := ω i 1,..., ωì and ω g := ω 1 g,..., ω n g n i=1 ω i 6= `g =1 ω g Problem Consider two goods and three households and explain ω 3, ω 1 and ω. Harald Wiese (University of Leipzig) Advanced Microeconomics 13 / 33
14 Exchange Edgeworth box the generalized Edgeworth box De nition Functions N! R`+, i.e. vectors (x i ) i=1,...,n or bundle from R`+ allocations. Feasible allocations ful ll x i i2n where x i is a n x i n ω i i=1 i=1 Harald Wiese (University of Leipzig) Advanced Microeconomics 14 / 33
15 MR(T)S = MR(T)S The production Edgeworth box for two products Analogous to exchange Edgeworth box MRTS 1 = dc 1 dl 1 Pareto e ciency dc 1 dl 1 = MRTS! 1 = MRTS 2 = dc 2 dl 2 Harald Wiese (University of Leipzig) Advanced Microeconomics 15 / 33
16 MRS = MRS Two markets one factory A rm that produces in one factory but supplies two markets 1 and 2. Marginal revenue MR = dr dy i can be seen as the monetary marginal willingness to pay for selling one extra unit of good i. Denominator good > good 1 or 2, respectively Nominator good > money (revenue). Pro t maximization by a rm selling on two markets 1 and 2 implies dr dy 1 = MR! 1 = MR 2 = dr dy 2 Harald Wiese (University of Leipzig) Advanced Microeconomics 16 / 33
17 MRS = MRS Two rms in a cartel The monetary marginal willingness to pay for producing and selling one extra unit of good y is a marginal rate of substitution. Two rms in a cartel maximize Π 1,2 (y 1, y 2 ) = Π 1 (y 1, y 2 ) + Π 2 (y 1, y 2 ) with FOCs Π 1,2 y 1! = 0! = Π 1,2 y 2 If Π 1,2 y 2 were higher than Π 1,2 y 1... How about the Cournot duopoly with FOCs Π 1 y 1! = 0! = Π 2 y 2? Harald Wiese (University of Leipzig) Advanced Microeconomics 17 / 33
18 Pareto optimality in microeconomics overview 1 Introduction: Pareto improvements 2 Identical marginal rates of substitution 3 Identical marginal rates of transformation 4 Equality between marginal rate of substitution and marginal rate of transformation Harald Wiese (University of Leipzig) Advanced Microeconomics 18 / 33
19 MRT = MRT Two factories one market Marginal cost MC = dc dy is a monetary marginal opportunity cost of production MRT = dy 2 transformation curve dy 1 One rm with two factories or a cartel in case of homogeneous goods: MC 1! = MC 2. Pareto improvements (optimality) have to be de ned relative to a speci c group of agents! Harald Wiese (University of Leipzig) Advanced Microeconomics 19 / 33
20 MRT = MRT International trade David Ricardo ( ) comparative cost advantage, for example 4 = MRT P = dw dcl P > dw dcl E = MRT E = 2 Lemma Assume that f is a di erentiable transformation function y 1 7! y 2. Assume also that the cost function C (y 1, y 2 ) is di erentiable. Then, the marginal rate of transformation between good 1 and good 2 can be obtained by MRT (x 1 ) = df (y 1 ) dy 1 = MC 1. MC 2 Harald Wiese (University of Leipzig) Advanced Microeconomics 20 / 33
21 MRT = MRT International trade Proof. Assume a given volume of factor endowments and given factor prices. Then, the overall cost for the production of goods 1 and 2 are constant along the transformation curve: Forming the derivative yields C (y 1, y 2 ) = C (y 1, f (y 1 )) = constant. C + C df (y 1 ) = 0. y 1 y 2 dy 1 Solving for the marginal rate of transformation yields MRT = df (y 1) dy 1 = MC 1 MC 2. Harald Wiese (University of Leipzig) Advanced Microeconomics 21 / 33
22 MRT = MRT International trade Before Ricardo: England exports cloth and imports wine if hold. Ricardo: MC E Cl < MC P Cl and MC E W > MC P W MC E Cl MC E W < MC P Cl MC P W su ces for pro table international trade. Harald Wiese (University of Leipzig) Advanced Microeconomics 22 / 33
23 Pareto optimality in microeconomics overview 1 Introduction: Pareto improvements 2 Identical marginal rates of substitution 3 Identical marginal rates of transformation 4 Equality between marginal rate of substitution and marginal rate of transformation Harald Wiese (University of Leipzig) Advanced Microeconomics 23 / 33
24 MRS = MRT Base case Assume MRS = dy 2 dy 1 indi erence curve < dy 2 dy 1 transformation curve = MRT If the producer reduces the production of good 1 by one unit... Inequality points to a Pareto-ine cient situation Pareto-e ciency requires MRS! = MRT Harald Wiese (University of Leipzig) Advanced Microeconomics 24 / 33
25 MRS = MRT Perfect competition - output space FOC output space p! = MC Let good 2 be money with price 1 MRS is consumer s monetary marginal willingness to pay for one additional unit of good 1 equal to p for marginal consumer MRT is the amount of money one has to forgo for producing one additional unit of good 1, i.e., the marginal cost Thus, price = marginal willingness to pay! = marginal cost which is also ful lled by rst-degree price discrimination. Harald Wiese (University of Leipzig) Advanced Microeconomics 25 / 33
26 MRS = MRT Perfect competition - input space FOC input space where MVP = p dy dx! = w the marginal value product MVP is the monetary marginal willingness to pay for the factor use and w, the factor price, is the monetary marginal opportunity cost of employing the factor. Harald Wiese (University of Leipzig) Advanced Microeconomics 26 / 33
27 MRS = MRT Cournot monopoly For the Cournot monopolist, the MRS! = MRT can be rephrased as the equality between the monetary marginal willingness to pay for selling this is the marginal revenue MR = dr dy and the monetary marginal opportunity cost of production, the marginal cost MC = dc dy Harald Wiese (University of Leipzig) Advanced Microeconomics 27 / 33
28 MRS = MRT Household optimum Consuming household produces goods by using his income to buy them, m = p 1 x 1 + p 2 x 2, which can be expressed with the transformation function x 2 = f (x 1 ) = m p 2 p 1 p 2 x 1. Hence, MRS! = MRT = MOC = p 1 p 2 Harald Wiese (University of Leipzig) Advanced Microeconomics 28 / 33
29 Sum of MRS = MRT Public goods De nition: non-rivalry in consumption Setup: A and B consume a private good x (x A and x B ) and a public good G Optimality condition = MRS A + MRS B dx A dg! d x A + x B = dg indi erence curve + dx B dg transformation curve indi erence curve = MRT Assume MRS A + MRS B < MRT. Produce one additional unit of the public good... Harald Wiese (University of Leipzig) Advanced Microeconomics 29 / 33
30 Sum of MRS = MRT Public goods Good x as the numéraire good (money with price 1) Then, the optimality condition simpli es: sum of the marginal willingness to pay equals the marginal cost of the good. Harald Wiese (University of Leipzig) Advanced Microeconomics 30 / 33
31 Sum of MRS = MRT Public goods Problem In a small town, there live 200 people i = 1,..., 200 with identical preferences. Person i s utility function is U i (x i, G ) = x i + p G, where x i is the quantity of the private good and G the quantity of the public good. The prices are p x = 1 and p G = 10, respectively. Find the Pareto-optimal quantity of the public good. Solution MRT = d( 200 i=1 x i) dg equals p G px = 10 1 = 10. MRS for inhabitant i is dx i dg indi erence curve = MU G MU x i Hence: p G! = 10 and G = 100. = 1 2 p G 1 = 1 2 p G. Harald Wiese (University of Leipzig) Advanced Microeconomics 31 / 33
32 Further exercises: Problem 1 Agent A has preferences on (x 1, x 2 ), that can be represented by u A (x1 A, x 2 A) = x 1 A. Agent B has preferences, which are represented by the utility function u B (x1 B, x 2 B ) = x 2 B. Agent A starts with ωa 1 = ωa 2 = 5, and B has the initial endowment ω B 1 = 4, ωb 2 = 6. (a) Draw the Edgeworth box, including ω, an indi erence curve for each agent through ω! (b) Is (x1 A, x 2 A, x 1 B, x 2 B ) = (6, 0, 3, 11) a Pareto-improvement compared to the initial allocation? (c) Find the contract curve! Harald Wiese (University of Leipzig) Advanced Microeconomics 32 / 33
33 Further exercises: Problem 2 Consider the player set N = f1,..., ng. Player i 2 N has 24 hours to spend on leisure or work, 24 = l i + t i where l i denotes i s leisure time and t i the number of hours that i contributes to the production of a good that is equally distributed among the group. In particular, we assume the utility functions u i (t 1,..., t n ) = l i + 1 n j2n λt j, i 2 N. Assume 1 < λ and λ < n. (a) Find the Nash equilibrium! (b) Is the Nash equilibrium Pareto-e cient? Harald Wiese (University of Leipzig) Advanced Microeconomics 33 / 33
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