This Is the Solution to the Diamond-Water Paradox: Those Things

question 37

Multiple Choice

This is the solution to the diamond-water paradox: Those things that have high value in use sometimes have low prices because they are consumed at low __________ utility; those things that have low value in use sometimes have high prices because they are consumed at high __________utility.

• A)marginal; total
• B)total; total
• C)total; marginal
• D)marginal; marginal
• E)none of the above

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Definitions:

Jewelry

Decorative items worn for personal adornment, such as rings, necklaces, earrings, and bracelets, which are often made from valuable materials.

Cross Elasticity of Demand

An indicator of the responsiveness in the demand for a certain good to shifts in the price of a different good, demonstrating how substitutable or complementary these two goods are to one another.

Complementary Products

Goods that are consumed together, where the use or consumption of one product increases the demand for another.

Substitute Products

Products that can serve as replacements for one another; when the price of one increases, the demand for the other typically increases.