Marco's Feasible Frontier and Feasible Set when Storing Cash
As depicted in Figure 9.7, Marco's feasible frontier for storing cash is a straight line representing all possible combinations of present and future consumption. This frontier connects his endowment point ($100 now, $0 later) to the point where he consumes everything later ($0 now, $100 later). The area under this line, including the line itself, constitutes his feasible set. The frontier illustrates a one-to-one trade-off, meaning the Marginal Rate of Transformation (MRT) of current consumption into future consumption is exactly 1.
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