Refer to the Following Figure When Answering the Following Questions

question 41

Multiple Choice

Refer to the following figure when answering the following questions.
Figure 16.1: Consumption Function
-Consider the utility functions in Figure 16.1. Curve b exhibits:

• A) risk-taking behavior.
• B) constant marginal utility.
• C) increasing marginal utility.
• D) consumption smoothing.
• E) diminishing marginal utility.

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