Which effect of a price change moves the consumer along the same indifference curve to a point with a new marginal rate of substitution?
a. the budget effect
b. the preference effect
c. the substitution effect
d. the income effect
c
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Based on the figure below. Starting from long-run equilibrium at point C, a tax cut that increases aggregate demand from AD to AD1 will lead to a short-run equilibrium at point ________ and eventually to a long-run equilibrium at point ________, if left to self-correcting tendencies.
A. D; C B. B; C C. B; A D. D; B
Which of the following entities was blamed in part for the speculative activity leading to the crash of 1929?
(a) Large manufacturing enterprises (b) Brokers and their firms who extended loans to customers interested in buying stocks on the margin (c) The Federal Reserve System (d) New mom and pop businesses
The above figure shows the market demand curve for telecommunication while driving one's car (time spent on the car phone). At the current price of $0.35 per minute, consumer surplus equals
A) $301.00. B) $924.50. C) $1,225.50. D) $1,250.00.
Exhibit 3-8 Demand and Supply Data for Video Games ? Price Quantity Demanded of Video Games Quantity Supplied of Video Games $75 400 900 70 450 850 65 500 800 60 550 750 55 600 700 50 650 650 45 700 600 40 750 550 ? In Exhibit 3-8, at any market price of video games above $50, a(n) ______________ would result, causing price to __________.
A. excess demand; rise B. excess supply; rise C. excess demand; fall D. excess supply; fall