What is the change in consumption called when a price change moves the consumer along a given indifference curve?

Correct answer B. Substitution effect

Explanation

The substitution effect isolates the response to new relative prices while holding utility constant, which means sliding along the original indifference curve. The income effect is a move to a different curve.

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