A. inferior effect
B. normal effect
C. substitution effect
D. complementary effect
E. income effect
Related Mcqs:
- Suppose we measure the quantity of good X on the horizontal axis and the quantity of good Y on the vertical axis If indifference curves are bowed inward, as we move from having an abundance of good X to having an abundance of good Y, the marginal rate of substitution of good Y for good X (the slope of the indifference curve) ?
A. rises
B. stays the same
C. could rise or fall depending on the relative prices of the two goods.
D. falls - Refer to Exhibit 4. Suppose that the consumer must choose between buying socks and belts Also suppose that the consumer’s income is €100 If the price of a belt is €10 and the price of a pair of socks is €5, the consumer will choose to buy the commodity bundle represented b point ?
A. Z
B. X
C. Y
D. the optimal point cannot be determined from this graph - The slope at any point on an indifference curve is known as ?
A. the marginal rate of substitution
B. the marginal rate of trade-off.
C. the trade-off rates
D. the marginal rate of indifference - uppose a consumer must choose between the consumption of sandwiches and pizza. If we measure the quantity of pizza on the horizontal axis and the quantity of sandwiches on the vertical axis and if the price of a pizza is Rs10 and the price of a sandwich is Rs5, then the slope of the budget constraint is ?
A. 2
B. 10
C. 1/2
D. 5 - Suppose that the supply curve of tin is highly inelastic. If the demand curve of tin decrease and increase cyclically along the supply curve of tin, then in this market the size of the quantity fluctuation will bathe size of the price fluctuations ?
A. relatively greater than
B. relatively less than
C. the same as
D. Any of the above - Suppose that the demand curve for tin is highly inelastic. If the supply curve of tin decrease and increase cyclically along the demand curve for tin then in this market the size of the price fluctuation will be __________ the size of the quantity fluctuations?
A. relatively greater then
B. relatively less than
C. the same as
D. any of the above - With free trade, suppose that the rest of the world can supply calculators to Canada at a price of $30. Canada’s imports would now equal _____ and its consumer surplus would ____ relative to what occurred in the absence of trade. What is the change in consumer surplus? Refer to the figure that you have plotted ?
A. 20 calculators increase
B. 25 calculators decrease
C. 25 calculators increase
D. 30 calculators increase - The short run marginal cost curve cuts the short run total cost curve and short run average variable cost curve ?
A. At their lowest points
B. When they are declining
C. When they are increasing
D. When marginal revenue is zero - In the short run, the competitive firm’s supply curve is the portion of the marginal cost curve that lies above the average variable cost curve?
A. Upward-sloping portion of the average total cost curve
B. upward-sloping portion of the average variable cost curve
C. portion of the marginal cost curve that lies above the average total cost curve.
D. entire marginal cost curve.
E. portion of the marginal-cost curve that lies above the average variable cost curve - The limit on the consumption bundles that a consumer can afford is known as ?
A. an indifference curve
B. the budget constraint
C. the marginal rate of substitution
D. the consumption limits
