A Consumer's Set of Indifference Curves Provides A

question 14

Multiple Choice

A consumer's set of indifference curves provides a:

• A)complete ranking of all possible consumption bundles
• B)ranking of the set of bundles that happen to fall on indifference curves
• C)framework for evaluating market equilibriums
• D)relative ranking of bundles that provide more of all goods

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Definitions:

Income Effect

A person’s willingness to give up some income in exchange for more leisure time.

Substitution Effect

If the price of a resource, say labor, goes up, business firms tend to substitute capital or land for some of their now-expensive workers. Also, the substitution of more hours of work for leisure time as the wage rate rises.

Substitution Effect

The economic principle that as prices rise, consumers will replace costlier items with less expensive alternatives, holding the utility they receive constant.

Manufacturing Wage Rates

The amount of remuneration or earnings per unit of time by workers in the manufacturing sector.