Economics 9708 · AS & A Level · Indifference curves and budget lines

Indifference curves and budget lines — practice question

The diagram illustrates how a price change affects the equilibrium of a single consumer, shifting from E1 to E2. What can be deduced from the diagram about the price change, the substitution effect and the income effect?

  • Aprice of X falls; substitution effect: positive; income effect: positive
  • Bprice of X falls; substitution effect: positive; income effect: negative
  • Cprice of Y rises; substitution effect: negative; income effect: positive
  • Dprice of Y rises; substitution effect: negative; income effect: negative

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