Economists Gary Becker and Kevin Murphy Are Associated with Which

question 221

Multiple Choice

Economists Gary Becker and Kevin Murphy are associated with which of the following?

• A)They discovered the first example of a Giffen good.
• B)They have argued that social factors are not important in explaining the choices consumers make.
• C)They both believe that consumers appear to receive utility from consuming goods they believe are popular.
• D)They discovered that price changes have both income and substitution effects.

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