When the Price of a Good Changes,the Income Effect Can

question 113

Multiple Choice

When the price of a good changes,the income effect can be found by comparing the equilibrium quantities purchased

• A) on the old budget line and the new budget line.
• B) on the original indifference curve when faced with the original prices and when faced with the new prices.
• C) on the new budget line and a hypothetical budget line that is a shift back to the original indifference curve parallel to the new budget line.
• D) on the new indifference curve.

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Definitions:

Opponent Process Theory

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Colour Vision

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Perceptual Set

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