Five Minute Exercises > Substitution Effect with Cobb-Douglas Preferences

Problem

Given:

A household's demand for X is given by: X = 0.6*M/Px
Initially, Px=5, Py=1 and M=100
A new policy has caused Px=6 with no change in Py
The CV for the new policy is known to be $12

Determine:

The substitution effect associated with the policy.

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