Given the table above, suppose consumption in period two is $40,000. Then, the interest rate rises to five percent, and period-two consumption rises to $41,050. We may infer that ________
A) the income effect is stronger than the substitution effect
B) the substitution effect is stronger than the income effect
C) the substitution and income effects cancel out
D) this consumer has a binding borrowing constraint
B
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