The Tendency of People to Substitute Cheaper Commodities for More

question 75

Multiple Choice

The tendency of people to substitute cheaper commodities for more expensive commodities is the

• A) law of diminishing marginal utility.
• B) real-income effect.
• C) substitution effect.
• D) price income effect.

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