Generalized marginal rate of substitution in multiconstraint consumer’s problems and their reciprocal expenditure problems

  1. Manuel Besada 1
  2. Javier García 1
  3. Miguel Mirás 1
  4. Carmen Vázquez 1
  1. 1 Departamento de Matemáticas, Universidade de Vigo, Vigo, Spain
Zeitschrift:
SERIEs : Journal of the Spanish Economic Association

ISSN: 1869-4195

Datum der Publikation: 2011

Ausgabe: 2

Nummer: 3

Seiten: 401-421

Art: Artikel

DOI: 10.1007/S13209-011-0037-8 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openOpen Access editor

Andere Publikationen in: SERIEs : Journal of the Spanish Economic Association

Zusammenfassung

The aim of this paper is to explore several features concerning the generalized marginal rate of substitution (GMRS) when the consumers utility maximization problem with several constraints is formulated as a quasi-concave programming problem. We show that a point satisfying the first order sufficient conditions for the consumer’s problem minimizes the associated quasi-convex reciprocal cost minimization problems. We define the GMRS between endowments and show how it can be computed using the reciprocal expenditure multipliers. Additionally, GMRS is proved to be a rate of change between different proportion bundles of initial endowments. Finally, conditions are provided to guarantee a decreasing GMRS along a curve of initial endowments while keeping the consumer’s utility level constant.

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