2.(a) Draw indifference curves for perfect complements, useful and useless goods and goods and b (b) Use the compensating variation approach to separate the income from the substitution effect. (c) Use indifference curves to derive the supply curve of labour.
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For perfect complements, the indifference curves are L-shaped. This means that the goods are consumed in fixed proportions and cannot be substituted for each other. For example, left shoes and right shoes are perfect complements. For useful and useless goods, Show more…
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