Given that income is $500 and PX = $20 and PY = $5, what is the market rate of substitution between goods X and Y?

  • -4

What is the maximum amount of good Y that can be purchased if X and Y are the only two goods available for purchase and PX = $5, PY = $10, X = 20, and M = 500?

  • 40

The idea that a consumer is limited to selecting a bundle of goods that is affordable is captured by the:

  • Budget constraint
The property that implies that indifference curves are convex to the origin is:
  • Diminishing marginal rate of substitution
An increase in the price of good X will have what effect on the budget line on a normal X-Y graph?
  • Decrease the horizontal intercept

 A situation where a consumer says he does not know his preference ordering for bundlesX and Y would violate the property of:

  • Completeness

What is/are the important things that must be developed when characterizing consumer behavior?

  • Consumer preferences and consumer opportunities

If the price of good X is $10 and the price of good Y is $5, how much of good X would the consumer purchase if her income is $15?

  • Cannot tell based on the above information

Which of the following is true?

  • Indifference curves may intersect
  • At a point of consumer equilibrium, the MRS equals 1
  • If income increases, a consumer will always consume more of a good
  • None of the statements associated with this question are correct
  • None of the statements associated with this question are correct

The difference between a price decrease and an increase in income is that

  • An increase in income does not affect the slope of the budget line while a decrease in price does change the slope