The correct answer is C) the fact that people sometimes base perceptions of quality on price (snob effect).
A well-known women's college whose tuition lagged below similar schools found recruiting difficult and enrollment falling. A substantial tuition increase was implemented, and dormitories were soon full again. This can be explained by the fact that people sometimes base perceptions of quality on price (snob effect).
In microeconomics, in the snob effect, the demand for some goods that are considered expensive are more demanded. If people that have the money to spend of something assumes that the price of the product is cheap, these people think that the product has low quality. But if the same product is expensive, they consider that the product has quality and is well worth it. That is why, in the case of the college, when the price of tuition increased, people started to trust again in the school and the dorms were full.
Answer:
A. Changes in relative prices lead consumers to change the items they buy, and the CPI reflects this substitution
Explanation:
Prices in the market are sustained by the offer and demand of a good. When there is a high demand on a product or service this make its price increase, therefore, some sectors of the population may have no longer an opportunity to acquire this good if the price is too high.
On the other hand, if the offer surpases the demand at a great scale, the value on the product or service will simply drop and when prices are low then, it becomes possible for a bigger ammount of consumers to acquire the good.
This model has a direct impact on the consumer's choice whereas to select one good or not taking into consideration it's price. Here is where the CPI feeds with this tendency on consumer's choices and exposes a general outlook to the public.
