When the price of a product increases a consumer is able to buy less of it with a given money income this describes the?

When the price of a product increases, a consumer is able to buy less of it with a given money income. This describes: Law of Demand

  • the cost effect
  • the inflationary effect
  • the income effect
  • the substitution effect

Answer: the income effect

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Market explained on the basis of supply and demand

assume many buys and many sellers of a standardized product

The law of demand states that

price and quantity demanded are inversely related

Graphically, the market demand curve

the horizontal sum of individual demand curves

Economists use the term "demand" to refer to

a schedule of various combinations of market prices and amounts demanded

The relationship between quantity supplied and price is ________ and the relationship between quantity demanded and price is _______

direct, inverse

When the price of a product increases, a consumer is able to buy less of it with a given money income. This describes

the income effect

The income and substitution effects account for

the downward sloping demand curve

"When the price of a product rises, consumers shift their purchases to other products whose prices are now relatively lower." This statement describes:

the substitution effect

One reason that the quantity of a good demanded increases when its price falls is that the

lower price increases the real incomes of buys, enabling them to buy more

A recent study found that an increase in the Federal tax on beer (and thus an increase in the price of beer) would reduce the demand for marijuana. We can conclude that

beer and marijuana are complementary goods

In 2000 the demand for "Razor" two wheel scooters greatly increased. This increase in demand might best be explained by

a change in buyer tastes

Which of the following will not cause the demand for product K to change

a change in the price of K

Which of the following would not shift the demand curve for beef

a reduction in the price of cattle feed

An economist for a bicycle company predicts that, other things equal, a rise in consumer incomes will increase the demand for bicycles. This prediction is based on the assumption that

bicycles are normal goods

A right ward shift in the demand curve for product C might be caused by

a decrease in the price of a product that is complementary to C

Video cassette recorders and video cassettes are

complementary goods

If the demand curve for product B shifts to the right as the price of product A declines, then

A and B are complementary goods

If the price of product L increases, the demand curve for close-substitute product J will

shift to the right

Which of the following is most likely to be an inferior good

used clothing

Which of the following statements is correct

an increase in the price of C will decrease the demand for complementary product D

Which of the following will cause the demand curve for product A to shift to the left

an increase in money income if A is an inferior good

If X is a normal good, a rise in money income will shift the

demand curve for X to the right

If Z is an inferior good, a decrease in money income will shift the

demand curve for Z to the right

If the demand for a normal good (for example, steak) shifts to the left, the most likely reason is the

consumer incomes have fallen

If products C and D are close substitutes, and increase in the price of C will

shift the demand curve of D to the right

Suppose an excise tax is imposed on product X. We would expect this tax to

decrease the demand for complementary good Y and increase the demand for substitute product Z

When an economist says that the demand for a product has increased, this means that

consumers are now willing to purchase more of this product at each possible price

"In the corn market, demand often exceeds supply and supply sometimes exceeds demand. The price of corn rises and falls in response to changes in supply and demand." In which of these two statements are the terms "demand" and "supply" being used correctly?

in the second statement

By an "increase in demand" we mean that

the quantity demanded at each price in a set of prices is greater

The term "quantity demanded"

refers to the amount of a product that will be purchased at some specific price

A decrease in the demand for recreational fishing boats might be caused by an increase in the

price of outboard motors

An "increase in demand" means that

the demand curve has shifted to the right

Assume that the demand schedule for product C is downsloping. If the price of C falls from $2.00 to $1.75

a larger quantity of C will be demanded

An increase in product price will cause

quantity demand to decrease

The law of supply indicates that

producers will offer more of a product at high prices than they will at low prices

A leftward shift of a product supply curve might be caused by

some firms leaving an industry

An improvement in production technology will

shift the supply curve to the right

If producers must obtain higher prices than previously to produce various levels of output, the following has occurred

a decrease in supply

The location of the supply curve of a product depends on

all of the above
technology used to produce it, the prices of resources used in its production, the number of sellers in the market

Assume product A is an input in the production of product B. In turn product B is a complement to product C. We can expect a decrease in the price of A

increase the supply of B and increase the demand for C

A market is in equilibrium

if the amount producers want to sell is equal to the amount consumers want to buy

If the demand and supply curves for product X are stable, a government-mandated increase in the price of X will

increase the quantity supplied and decrease the quantity demanded of X

The rationing function of prices refers to the

capacity of a competitive market to equate the quantity demanded and the quantity supplied

If there is a shortage of product X

the price of the product will rise

At the current price there is a shortage of a product. We would expect price to

increase, quantity demanded to decrease, and quantity supplied to increase

A surplus of a product will arise when price is

above equilibrium with the result that quantity supplied exceeds quantity demanded

If price is above equilibrium level, competition among sellers to reduce the resulting

surplus will increase quantity demanded and decrease quantity supplied

57) Assume in a competitive market that price is initially below the equilibrium level. We can predict that price will

increase, quantity demanded will decrease, and quantity supplied will increase

Which of the following will cause a decrease in market equilibrium price and an increase in equilibrium quantity?

an increase in supply

Suppose in each of four successive years producers sell more of their product and at lower prices. This could be explained

in terms of stable demand curve and increasing supply

In which of the following instances will the effect on equilibrium price be dependent on the magnitude of the shift in supply and demand

demand rises and supply rises

64) If the supply and demand curves for a product both decrease, then equilibrium

quantity must decline, but equilibrium price may either rise, fall, or remain unchanged

If the supply of a product decreases and the demand for the product simultaneously increases, then equilibrium

price must rise, but equilibrium quantity may either rise, fall , or remain unchanged

Refer to the above, An increase in income, if X is a normal good, will

increase D, increase P, and increase Q

An increase in the price of a product that is a close substitute for X will

increase D, increase P, and increase Q

A decrease in the number of consumers of product X will

decrease D, increase P, and decrease Q

An increase in the tastes and preferences for X will

increase D, increase P, and increase Q

An increase in the prices of resources used to produce X will

decrease S, increase P, and decrease Q

An improvement in the technology used to produce X will

increase S, decrease P, and increase Q

A reduction in the number of firms producing X will

decrease S, increase P, and decrease Q

Which of the above diagrams illustrates the effect of an increase in automobile worker wages on the market for automobiles

D only

Effect of a decline in the price of personal computers on the market for software

A only

Increase in the price of Bud on the market for Coors

A only

Decrease in incomes on the market for secondhand clothing

A only

With a downsloping demand curve and an upsloping supply curve for a product, a decrease in resource prices will

decrease equilibrium price and increase equilibrium quantity

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as the price of a product increases, quantity demanded lowers; likewise, as the price of a product decreases, quantity demanded increases.