Under What Circumstances Is the Demand Curve Downward-Sloping

question 39

Multiple Choice

Under what circumstances is the demand curve downward-sloping?

• A)When the good is not a Giffen good.
• B)When the good is a Giffen good.
• C)When the good is an inferior good and the income effect outweighs the substitution effect.
• D)The demand curve is always downward-sloping.

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