When Prices Are Rising

question 65

Multiple Choice

When prices are rising:

• A) the Lespeyres index tends to overstate the increase in the cost of living because of the substitution bias.
• B) the Lespeyres index tends to understate the increase in the cost of living because of the substitution bias.
• C) the Lespeyres index tends to overstate the increase in the cost of living because of the compensating variation bias.
• D) the Lespeyres index tends to understate the increase in the cost of living because of the consumer preference bias.

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