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1. Jim recently graduated from college and found his first job. He noticed that

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Question

1. Jim recently graduated from college and found his first job. He noticed that when he was in college he often ate macaroni and cheese, but now he does not. What might explain this?

The substitution effect works in the same direction of the income effect

The substitution effect works in the opposite direction of the income effect

There is no income effect for Jim’s demand for macaroni and cheese.

The income effect works in the opposite direction of the substitution effect

2. If an indifference curve was a straight line, what might we know about the marginal utility (MU) of the two goods?

Nothing

The MU is increasing

The MU is constant

the MU is decreasing

3. If the price of a good on the horizontal axis increases, typically we would expect:

The budget line to shift in parallel to the original budget line and the consumer consumers less of both goods

The budget line to shift out parallel to the original budget line and the consumer consumers more of both goods

The budget line pivots inward and the consumer consumers less of both goods

The budget line pivots outward and the consumer consumers more of both goods

a.

The substitution effect works in the same direction of the income effect

b.

The substitution effect works in the opposite direction of the income effect

c.

There is no income effect for Jim’s demand for macaroni and cheese.

d.

The income effect works in the opposite direction of the substitution effect

Explanation / Answer

1

b and d

2.

c

constant