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

Indifference curves and budget lines — practice question

When the price of a good decreases, the change in quantity demanded is caused by both an income effect and a substitution effect. Which of the following statements about these effects is correct?

  • AFor inferior goods the income effect and the substitution effect work in the same direction.
  • BFor inferior, but not Giffen, goods the income effect outweighs the substitution effect.
  • CFor normal goods the income effect and substitution effect work in the same direction.
  • DFor normal goods the income effect outweighs the substitution effect.

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