In the two-period model, a decrease in income in period 2 causes the budget constraint to

A. shift to the left in a parallel fashion.
B. shift to the right in a parallel fashion.
C. rotate in a clockwise direction along the horizontal axis.
D. rotate in a counterclockwise direction along the vertical axis.


Answer: A

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