Chapter 21

  1. budget constraint
    the limit on the consumption bundles that a consumer can afford
  2. indifference curve
    a curve that shows consumption bundles that give the consumer the same level of satisfaction
  3. marginal rate of substitution
    the rate at which a consumer is willing to trade one good for another
  4. perfect substitutes
    two goods with straight-line indifference curves
  5. perfect complements
    two goods with right-angle indifference curves
  6. income effect
    the change in consumption that results when a price change moves the consumer to a higher or lower indifference curve
  7. substitution effect
    the change in consumption that results when a price change moves the consumer along a given indifference curve to a point with a new marginal rate of substitution
  8. Giffen good
    a good for which an increase in the price raises the quantity demanded
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