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Pareto Efficiency
Conditions for a Pareto-Efficient Allocation
An allocation, such as the one involving consumption (c), rent (b), and free time (t), is considered Pareto efficient if and only if it simultaneously satisfies two conditions. The first condition is that the Marginal Rate of Substitution equals the Marginal Rate of Transformation (MRS = MRT). The second condition is that the allocation must be on the feasible frontier, ensuring all produced goods are consumed, which can be represented by the equation .
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