The Change in Consumption That Results When a Price Change

question 49

Multiple Choice

The change in consumption that results when a price change moves the consumer along a given indifference curve is known as the

• A) inferior effect.
• B) normal effect.
• C) substitution effect.
• D) complementary effect.
• E) income effect.

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