Question 1
A market is initially in equilibrium. If consumer incomes rise and the good is a normal good, what happens to the equilibrium price and quantity, all else equal?
Correct Answer:
Both price and quantity rise
Question 2
The price elasticity of demand for a product is measured as -0.4. A firm raises the price by 10%. What is the approximate effect on quantity demanded and total revenue?
Correct Answer:
Quantity falls 4%; total revenue rises
Question 3
Cross-price elasticity of demand between Good X and Good Y is calculated as +1.8. What does this indicate about the relationship between the two goods?
Correct Answer:
They are substitutes
Question 4
According to the law of diminishing marginal utility, as a consumer increases consumption of a good, holding other consumption constant, the marginal utility from each additional unit:
Correct Answer:
Eventually falls
Question 5
A consumer maximises utility subject to a budget constraint. At the optimum interior solution, the ratio of marginal utilities of two goods equals:
Correct Answer:
The ratio of the goods' prices
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