问题


There is a single choice question about high school microeconomics. Answer the question by replying A, B, C or D.
Question: When the cross-price elasticity of demand is negative, the goods in question are necessarily
A. normal
B. inferior
C. complements
D. substitutes
Answer:

答案

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金声玉亮2.0

C. complements
C
deepseekr1

The cross-price elasticity of demand measures the responsiveness of the quantity demanded for one good to a change in the price of another good. A negative cross-price elasticity indicates that an increase in the price of one good leads to a decrease in the quantity demanded of the other. This inverse relationship occurs because the goods are **complements**—they are used together, so higher prices for one reduce demand for the other. Substitutes, by contrast, have positive cross-price elasticity (as they replace each other). Normal/inferior goods relate to income elasticity, not cross-price elasticity.

Answer: **C**
C
gpto1 C C
GPT-4o C. complements C
llama3.1-70B-Instruct

C
C
llama3.1-405B-Instruct

C. complements

Explanation: Cross-price elasticity of demand measures the responsiveness of the demand for one good to changes in the price of another good. When the cross-price elasticity of demand is negative, it means that an increase in the price of one good leads to a decrease in the demand for the other good. This indicates that the two goods are complements, meaning they are used together or are related in some way. For example, if the price of peanut butter increases, the demand for jelly may decrease because they are often used together in sandwiches.

Note: Normal and inferior goods refer to the relationship between a good's demand and income, not the relationship between two goods. Substitutes are goods that can be used in place of each other, and would have a positive cross-price elasticity of demand.
C
DeepSeek-Coder-V2 C. complements C
Qwen2-72B-Instruct C. complements C
baichuan4 C C
doubao C

When the cross-price elasticity of demand is negative, it indicates that an increase in the price of one good leads to a decrease in the demand for the other good, which is characteristic of complementary goods. Normal and inferior goods are related to income elasticity of demand. Substitutes have a positive cross-price elasticity of demand.
C
minimax ***plements C
kimi C. complements C
wenxinyiyan C

Explanation:
The cross-price elasticity of demand measures the responsiveness of the demand for one good to a change in the price of another good. When the cross-price elasticity of demand is negative, it means that when the price of one good increases, the demand for the other good increases, and vice versa. This relationship typically indicates that the two goods are complements.

Complements are goods that are often used together, so an increase in the price of one complement might make consumers more likely to purchase the other complement. For example, if the price of hot dogs goes up, consumers might be more likely to buy more hot dog buns (assuming they already own the hot dogs or intend to purchase them anyway), because they perceive the buns as relatively cheaper now.

Normal and inferior goods are classifications based on how demand for those goods changes with income, not cross-price elasticity, so A and B are not relevant to this question.

Substitutes, on the other hand, would have a positive cross-price elasticity, because if the price of one substitute goes up, consumers would be less likely to buy it and more likely to buy its substitute. Therefore, D is not the correct answer.
C
zhipu C. complements

The cross-price elasticity of demand measures the responsiveness of the quantity demanded for one good when the price of another good changes. A negative cross-price elasticity indicates that the two goods are complements, meaning that an increase in the price of one good leads to a decrease in the demand for the other good.
C
gpto1 C C