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You receive $500 today which you plan to save for two years.Also,in two years you will be given another $500.If the interest rate is 5 percent,what is the present value of the payment of $500 today and the $500 in two years?


Definitions:

Substitution Effect

The change in consumption patterns due to a change in the prices of goods, leading consumers to replace more expensive items with cheaper alternatives.

Income Effect

The change in an individual's or economy's income and how that change will affect the quantity demanded of a good or service.

Opportunity Cost

The lost potential gain from other alternatives when one alternative is chosen.

Income Effects

The changes in an individual's or economy's income and how that changes their spending and saving behavior.

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