(5) Separable utility (x12X2,L ∑ This yields first order conditions (xi= api so consumption depends only on the price for your own good and the marginal utility of income. There are cross-price elasticities but they only work through the marginal utility of income, or another way to think about this is if we normalize the price of good one to one, we have VI(x1)="bi for all i(5) Separable utility ux1, x2,... xL i1 L vixi This yields first order conditions vi xi pi, so consumption depends only on the price for your own good and the marginal utility of income. There are cross-price elasticities but they only work through the marginal utility of income, or another way to think about this is if we normalize the price of good one to one, we have v1 x1 vi xi pi for all i