Slutsky’s substitution effect differs from Hicks’s because Slutsky holds constant the consumer’s:

AUtility level

BPurchasing power (ability to buy the original basket of goods)

CMarginal rate of substitution

DNominal income without any tax adjustment

Explanation

Eugene Slutsky holds purchasing power constant by allowing the consumer to afford the exact original consumption bundle at new prices.

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