Following an Income-Compensated Price Change, You Decide to Decrease the Quantity

question 9

Multiple Choice

Following an income-compensated price change, you decide to decrease the quantity of ice cream purchased each month when the price increases and purchase more frozen yogurt instead.This is an indication of the:

• A) substitution effect.
• B) utility effect.
• C) income effect.
• D) consumption effect.

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