Assume that a 4 percent decrease in income results in a 6 percent increase in the quantity demanded of a good. The income elasticity of demand for the good is
a. negative, and the good is an inferior good.
b. negative, and the good is a normal good.
c. positive, and the good is an inferior good.
d. positive, and the good is a normal good.
a
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The rate of unemployment is calculated as the number of
A) people in the civilian labor force divided by the number of unemployed. B) employed workers divided by the number of unemployed workers. C) unemployed divided by the number of people in the civilian labor force. D) unemployed workers divided by the number of employed workers.
The concepts of mutual interdependence and game theory illustrate the fact that firms competing in oligopoly
A) consider the actions of the rivals before changing the price of their product. B) ignore the actions of their rivals when considering price changes. C) engage in frequent price changes. D) never change prices. E) will mutually determine the combined best outcome for all players.
Suppose your manufacturing firm is not a price-taking seller (i.e., has some control over your product price) and sells machinery to U.S. (domestic) buyers as well as foreign buyers
The domestic demand for your product is inelastic but the foreign demand is elastic, and the machinery is bulky so that the high transport costs prevent resale among the buyers. You could charge both groups of buyers the same price for the machinery, but you know that you could increase total sales revenue by charging the domestic buyers a ________ price and charging the foreign customers a ________ price. A) higher, higher B) higher, lower C) lower, higher D) lower, lower
If the price level increases by 2 percent each year, the inflation rate is increasing
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false