The rate at which a consumer will exchange one good for another is called:

A. marginal utility.

B. the marginal rate of transformation.

C. the rate of substitutability.

D. the marginal rate of substitution.


D. the marginal rate of substitution.

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A) an absolute advantage and a comparative advantage B) neither an absolute advantage nor a comparative advantage C) an absolute advantage but not a comparative advantage D) a comparative advantage but not an absolute advantage

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What will be an ideal response?

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When the price of a normal good decreases, people buy ________ of the good due to ________

A) more; the substitution effect only B) more; the substitution and income effects C) less; the substitution effect only D) less; the income effect only

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