Julie Always Purchases the Soda with the Lowest Price

question 297

Multiple Choice

Julie always purchases the soda with the lowest price. For Julie, the cross price elasticity of demand for brand X and brand Y will be

• A) equal to 0.
• B) negative.
• C) positive.
• D) impossible to determine without more information.

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