Economics 9708 · AS & A Level · Utility and rational consumer behaviour

Utility and rational consumer behaviour — practice question

Part 1[25]

A consumer’s demand may sometimes be shaped by advertising and at other times by impulse buying. This suggests that the economic theories of consumer demand based on utility have no relevance to a firm that is trying to predict its likely revenue. Do you agree with this argument?

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