The income elasticity of demand is largest for
A) food.
B) clothing.
C) shelter.
D) luxuries.
D
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According to your textbook, globalization tends to increase the productivity of nations through
A) improvements in the labor skills of their citizens. B) increasing technological knowledge. C) improving the coordination of individual economic plans. D) doing all of the above.
In comparison with a perfect competition, a single-price monopolist with the same costs creates a ________ consumer surplus and makes a ________ economic profit
A) smaller; larger B) smaller; smaller C) larger; larger D) larger; smaller
Using the table provided above to construct Lorenz curves representing 1990 and 2011, what do you discover and how is this interpreted?
A) The Lorenz curve for 1990 is further away from the line of equality than the curve for 2011. This means that inequality is decreasing. B) The Lorenz curve for 1990 is further away from the line of equality than the curve for 2011. This means that inequality is increasing. C) The Lorenz curve for 2011 is further away from the line of equality than the curve for 1990. This means that inequality is increasing. D) The Lorenz curve for 2011 is further away from the line of equality than the curve for 1990. This means that inequality is decreasing.
An increase in a product's price will shift the labor demand curve for workers who produce that product to the left
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false