What Is the Benefit of Understanding the Income and the Substitution

question 60

Multiple Choice

What is the benefit of understanding the income and the substitution effects?

• A) The income effect might run in the opposite direction of the substitution effect.
• B) The income effect always runs in the opposite direction of the substitution effect.
• C) The income and substitution effects just offset each other, which explains a lot.
• D) The income and substitution effects are proportional to each other.

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