(Consider This) When the Federal Government Started Requiring Restaurants to Print

question 17

Multiple Choice

(Consider This) When the federal government started requiring restaurants to print calorie counts next to menu items,

• A) restaurants changed their prices, systematically lowering prices for healthier items and raising prices for high-calorie entrees.
• B) there was no meaningful change in consumption behavior, indicating that marginal utility is driven solely by tastes for the food items and not by health information.
• C) consumption of higher calorie items decreased, suggesting consumers' marginal utility for these items dropped.
• D) consumption of higher-calorie items increased, contrary to the law's objective.

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