Activity: Calculating Angela's Utility Under a Tenancy Contract

A farmer's optimal choice of work hours results in a total grain production of 12 bushels per day. Her preferences are such that this optimal production level remains the same regardless of any fixed rent she must pay. If she enters into a contract where she must pay a fixed rent of 4.5 bushels per day to a landowner, what will be her final consumption in bushels per day?

Evaluating a Tenancy Offer

A farmer's optimal work choice yields 12 bushels of grain. Under a tenancy contract, she pays a fixed rent of 4 bushels. If the landowner increases the rent to 5 bushels, the farmer's final consumption will decrease by exactly 1 bushel, assuming her optimal work hours and total production remain unchanged.

A farmer's optimal choice of work hours, which is not affected by fixed payments, results in a total harvest of 10 bushels of grain. If the farmer agrees to a tenancy contract that requires a fixed payment of 3.5 bushels to the landowner, the farmer's final consumption will be ______ bushels of grain.

Determining Final Consumption Under a Tenancy Contract

A farmer's preferences are such that her optimal choice of work hours results in a constant total production of 15 bushels of grain, regardless of any fixed rent she must pay. Match each potential fixed rent payment below with the farmer's corresponding final consumption level.

Evaluating Competing Tenancy Contracts

Analyzing a Landowner's Proposal

Predicting Consumption Under a New Contract

Determining Total Production from Consumption and Rent