Consumer Choice Theory Quiz

What does a budget constraint primarily represent?

What is the primary purpose of indifference curves?

How is a consumer's optimal choice typically determined?

What main factors affect a consumer's response, as detailed in the content?

Why is understanding consumer choice important?

Suppose a consumer's income increases, what might happen to their budget constraint?

If the price of a good that a consumer buys decreases, what is a likely outcome?

According to the context, what two tools are used in this framework to analyze consumer choice?

In the context of the provided diagram, which point represents the optimum consumption bundle when the price of potatoes is low?

What is the primary reason a consumer buys more of a Giffen good when its price increases?

In the given scenario, how does the consumer's budget constraint change when the price of potatoes rises?

What combination of changes in the consumption of potatoes and meat does the consumer experience when the price of potatoes increases?

What term do economists use to describe a good that violates the law of demand?

In the provided context, potatoes are described as a strongly what kind of good?

When the price of potatoes increases, what part of the effect makes the consumer want to buy less potatoes?

What does the movement from point C to point E in the diagram illustrate in this context?

What is the effect on the budget constraint when the price of Pepsi falls?

According to the provided material, what is the main effect of a decrease in the price of Pepsi on the consumer's purchasing power?

What is the primary definition of the substitution effect when the price of Pepsi decreases?

Why might a consumer choose to buy less pizza after the price of Pepsi falls, according to the material?

What does a rotation of the budget constraint outward signify in the context of a price decrease in a good?

What is the significance of the consumer moving to a different indifference curve?

If a consumer spends all of their $1000 income on pizza, and the price for a pizza is $10, how many pizzas can they buy?

In economic terms, what does the consumer's 'effective income' represent after a price decrease?

If a consumer increases their consumption of both Pepsi and pizza after the price of Pepsi falls, what effect is most clearly at play?

Given a $1000 income, $2 per pint of Pepsi, and $10 per pizza, if a consumer buys 70 pizzas, how many pints of Pepsi can they purchase?

If a consumer purchases 50 pints of Pepsi, and the price is $2, out of a $1000 income, how much money is left for spending on pizza?

Which of the following describes the consumer's consumption possibilities, according to the content?

A consumer buys 80 pizzas. Given the price of $10 per pizza, and with a total income of $1000, how much can they spend on Pepsi?

Given a $1000 income, what is the maximum number of pints of Pepsi that can be purchased if no pizzas are bought, assuming the price of Pepsi is $2 per pint?

When the consumer purchases 90 pizzas, the content says that they purchase 50 pints of Pepsi. How much is spent on pizza if a pizza is $10?

If the consumer's income and the prices of Pepsi and Pizza remain constant, what does the data in the content show?

What does the substitution effect suggest about Sally's work habits when her wages increase?

According to the provided text, what is the impact of the income effect on Sally's working habits after a wage increase?

If the income effect outweighs the substitution effect, what is the likely result on the labor supply curve's slope?

What is the primary factor that determines whether an individual works more or less after a wage increase according to this content?

Based on the provided information, what is a valid conclusion about the labor supply curve?

What historical trend supports the concept of a backward-sloping labor supply curve?

What does the text suggest the typical worker does, when wages rise and both consumption and leisure are considered normal goods?

What initial assumption about the income effect does the provided content make?

According to Carnegie, what is a potential consequence of a parent leaving a large inheritance to their child?

In the savings model described, if Sam saves all of his income when young, what will be his consumption when old, given a 10% interest rate and income of $100,000?

In the context of the two-period model, what does the interest rate primarily determine?

What is the optimal consumption point in the two-period model?

In the given model, what happens to the level of old-age consumption if the interest rate increases given all else being equal?

In the standard model, a person chooses between consumption when young and consumption when old. What does this imply?

If Sam is indifferent between consuming $60,000 when young and $44,000 when old, or $50,000 when young and $55,000 when old, what can you conclude about the indifference curve shown?

If the interest rate is 10%, and an individual saves $1000, how much total consumption will they have when old?