A consumer's switch to another similar good when the price of the preferred good increases is termed the:
a. income effect

b. substitution effect.
c. utility effect.
d. marginal effect.


b

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A. A. B. B. C. C. D. D.

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a. preference for a good increases. b. price of a substitute falls. c. income rises. d. price of a complement falls.

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