When the price of a product falls, the income effect induces the consumer to purchase more of it while the substitution effect prompts her to buy less.

a. true
b. false

Ans: b. false

Economics

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A current worker may save more towards retirement so that he or she will have more to leave his or her children later. This altruistic motive is known as the

A. altruism effect. B. bequest effect. C. income effect. D. savings effect.

Economics