The real-income and the substitution effects reinforce each other by

A. decreasing the consumption of good A when the price of good A increases.
B. increasing the consumption of good B when the price of A falls.
C. decreasing the consumption of good A when the price of good B falls.
D. increasing the consumption of both goods A and B when income increases.


Answer: A

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