Bottles of Coca-Cola and equally-sized bottles of Pepsi Cola are perfect substitutes for a consumer, but a bottle of Coke costs 10 cents less than bottles of Pepsi. The income effect of a 15 cent increase in the price of Pepsi will be for the consumer to drink less cola.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)


False

Rationale: The consumer is at a corners solution -- consuming only Coke -- before the price of Pepsi increases. The increase in the price of Pepsi therefore has no impact on the consumer.

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