Question

​________ is used to describe how changes in price affect a​ consumer's purchasing​ power, and​ ________ is used to describe how a change in price affects the quantity demanded of a good by making it more or less expensive than substitute goods.
a. the income​ effect; the substitution effect

b. the law of​ demand; the income effect

c. the substitution​ effect; the income effect

d. the substitution​ effect; the law of demand

Answer 1

D. The substitution effect/ the law of demand

The substitution effect says when the price of one good goes up, consumers will replace it with a similar less expensive good (like buying generic paper towels)

The law of demand says that quantity demanded is inversley related to price, so as price goes up demand goes down.

Answer 2

Answer:

d. the substitution​ effect; the law of demand

Explanation:

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