微观经济学之消费者选择理论.pptVIP

At A, Hurley has few fish, so an additional fish is very valuable to him. At B, Hurley already has lots of fish, so an additional one is not as valuable to him. * It is hard to think of examples of perfect substitutes. (Even nickels and dimes are probably not perfect substitutes: I’d rather carry 10 dimes in my pocket than 20 nickels.) But it’s easy to think of examples that are close substitutes, and therefore are likely to have indifference curves that are not very bowed: 1) Movies (at the movie theater) and videos at home. A consumer might be willing to trade two videos for one n