Explain the law of substitution with the help of table and diagram.

Answers 2

Explanation:

The law of substitution is also known as the law of equi-marginal utility or the law of maximum satisfaction. ... According to this law, if a consumer is to use all the available resource in the consumption of a single commodity then marginal utility,derived from every additional unit will decrease successively.

Law of substitution

" It states if a consumer uses all his available resources just for cosnuming a single good then the marginal utility line of excessive unit will keep on decreasing and hence one consumer for his satisfaction should spend his available income on different types of goods so that the money spent on the last purchase should match their marginal utility ".

Limitations of law of substitution

The goods are invisible.

Law of substitution is purely based on unrealistic assumption that all the goods are divisible. It is impossible to divide all the goods to sub-units though it can only be divided into their preferences.

Uncertainty in making choices.

Law of uncertainty can only be applied when there is an alternative of choices are given and that alternative must be certain at any cost. But with the limited income a single consumer can make risky and even uncertain choices while buying a commodity.

Consumer ignorance.

A consumer should always be aware of the goods he buys and must have proper knowledge of the market rather than being ignorant and following the trend blindly and wasting money on uneccssary goods.

#SPJ2

answer img

If you know the answer add it here!

Can't find the answer?

Log in with Google

or

Forgot your password?

I don't have an account, and I want to Register

Choose a language and a region
How much to ban the user?
1 hour 1 day 100 years