Competitive consumers who have the same endowment

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Consider two competitive consumers who have the same endowment, with positive current income plotted on the horizontal axis and positive future income on the vertical axis. Each consumer’s current income is taxed at the rate t1 and future income is taxed at the rate t2. The first consumer becomes eligible in the current period to save up to $5000 in a traditional IRA, but there is no change in the consumer’s endowment and no change in the pretax market rate of return on saving, r. The second consumer becomes eligible in the current period to save up to $5000 in a Roth IRA. Again, there is no change in the consumer’s endowment and no change in the pretax market rate of return on saving. Money invested in a Roth IRA cannot be deducted from income tax, but the principal and return on the saving are not taxed.

Use indifference curves to show that availability of each type of IRA could increase or decrease a consumer’s saving. Explain carefully how your graph(s) show this.

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