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16. When the price of X rose, how much of the resulting change in consumption was due to the substitution effect? (Don't worry about the sign of the change.)
The green compensated budget shown to the right is the budget Jim would face after the price of X rose, and after we compensated him for the income effect. In other words, the difference between his consumption on the blue original budget and the green compensated budget is due entirely to the substitution effect. The amount is 50 - 28 = 22.
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