Question

The price of compact fluorescent light bulbs fell because of improvements in production technology. As a result, the demand for incandescent light bulbs decreased. This caused the price of incandescent light bulbs to fall; as the price of incandescent light bulbs fell the demand for incandescent light bulbs decreased even further. Evaluate this statement.

Answer 1

Answer:

The answer is:

This statement is false. Fluorescent light bulbs (FLB) and incandescent light bulbs (ILB) are substitute goods, so a decrease in the price of one of them (FLB) should increase the quantity demanded for that product (FLB) and decrease the quantity demanded of the other (ILB).

A decrease in the price of any product (including ILB) would never decrease its quantity demanded.