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Which of the following statements is true for a Giffen good?

 

(a) Following a fall in the price of the good, there will be a decrease in the quantity demanded due to the substitution effect; an increase in the quantity demanded due to the income effect; the substitution effect will outweigh the income effect.

(b) Following a fall in the price of the good, there will be an increase in the quantity demanded due to both the substitution and income effect and the two effects will therefore reinforce each other.

(c) Following a fall in the price of the good, there will be an increase in the quantity demanded due to the substitution effect; a decrease in the quantity demanded due to the income effect; the substitution effect will outweigh the income effect.

(d) Following a fall in the price of the good, there will be an increase in the quantity demanded due to the substitution effect; a decrease in the quantity demanded due to the income effect; the income effect will outweigh the substitution effect

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