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Economics Problem: Prove Roy's identity and use it to derive and interpret the Slutsky equation. Make sure to show all of your work.

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This solution provides an in-depth analysis of the Slutsky equation and how it can be derived using Roy's identity. The solution is provided in a Word document file which is attached.

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1. Roy's identity reformulates Shephard's lemma in order to get a Marshallian demand function for an individual and a good (i) from some indirect utility function.

First, assume a consumer's indirect utility function u = V(p,m) gives the consumer's maximal utility when faced with a price level p and an amount of income m. It represents the consumer's preferences over market conditions.

We also know that the expenditure function m = e(p, u) describes the minimum amount of money (m) an individual needs to achieve some level of utility, given a utility function (u) and prices ...

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