A cake of weight 1 kg is to be shared between two consumers and . A consumption vector is denoted by , where is the consumption in kg by consumer and is the consumption in kg by consumer . Which of the following statements is true based on this information?
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A cake of weight 1 kg is to be shared between two consumers X and Y. A consumption vector is denoted by (x, y), where x is the consumption in kg by consumer X and y is the consumption in kg by consumer Y. Which of the following statements is true based on this information? (A) (0, 1) is a Pareto efficient and fair allocation of the cake (B) (0· 5, 0· 4) is a Pareto inefficient but fair allocation of the cake (C) (0· 5, 0· 5) is a Pareto efficient and fair allocation of the cake (D) None of the above
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This question is on Pareto efficiency and Pareto improvements, part of Welfare economics and social choice in Microeconomics.
What it means for an allocation to be efficient, checked in exchange economies and other settings.
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