A Compensated Increase in the Price of a Good

question 34

Multiple Choice

A compensated increase in the price of a good:

• A) causes the consumer to buy more of the good if the income effect is larger than the substitution effect.
• B) causes the consumer to buy more of the good if the income effect is smaller than the substitution effect.
• C) always causes the consumer to buy more of that good.
• D) always causes the consumer to buy less of that good.

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