For which of the following goods is the income elasticity of demand likely highest?
a. tennis lessons
b. allergy medication
c. clothing
d. cell phone contracts
a
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A key element of the classical growth theory is that
A) low taxes promote economic growth. B) an increase in population leads to increase in labor supply and a decline in real GDP per person. C) economic growth can be sustained as long as government intervention does not occur. D) increases in technology drive economic growth. E) market forces drive economic growth.
The figure above shows the market for milk. If the government pays the milk producers a subsidy and production increases to 300 gallons per day
A) the market is efficient because the marginal social benefit from the last gallon of milk exceeds its marginal social cost. B) the market is efficient because the total social benefit from milk exceed the total social cost. C) there is a deadweight loss because the marginal social benefit from the last gallon of milk exceeds its marginal social cost. D) there is a deadweight loss because the marginal social cost of the last gallon of milk exceeds its marginal social benefit.
A good is nonrivalrous in consumption if
A. its consumption by one person does not reduce its consumption by others. B. its consumption by one person reduces its consumption by others. C. it is possible, or not prohibitively costly, to exclude someone from receiving the benefits of the good once it has been produced. D. it is impossible, or prohibitively costly, to exclude someone from receiving the benefits of the good once it has been produced. E. a and d
Price ceilings can result in a net loss in consumer surplus when the ________ curve is ________
A) demand; very elastic B) demand; very inelastic C) supply; very inelastic D) none of the above; price ceilings always increase consumer surplus