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An increase in the price of a substitute shifts a good's demand curve in which direction?
ALeftward
BRightward
CDownward only
DNowhere
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Rightward
Buyers move to this good when its substitute becomes costlier, so demand rises at every price.
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