To Use Calculus to Decompose the Total Effect of a Price

question 12

Multiple Choice

To use calculus to decompose the total effect of a price change into substitution and income effects, it is necessary to solve all of the following EXCEPT the consumer's:

• A) utility-maximization problem at the original prices.
• B) utility-maximization problem at the new prices.
• C) expenditure-minimization problem at the new prices and original utility level.
• D) expenditure-minimization problem at the original prices and new utility level.

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