伦敦经济学院高微讲义-消费者理论-6.ppt

22 October 2001 The Consumer: Basics Overview... A method of analysis Some treatments of micro-economics handle consumer analysis first. But we have gone through the theory of the firm first for a good reason: We can learn a lot from the ideas and techniques in the theory of the firm… …and reuse them. What could we learn from the way we analysed the firm....? Notation: Quantities Notation: Prices Things that shape the consumers problem The Consumption Set The consumption set Rules out this case... ... and this ... and this The Basics The budget constraint The budget constraint1: fixed nomin