Homothetic goods are neither necessities nor luxuries, but rather lie on the borderline between them.
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
True
Rationale: Homothetic goods are those for which the marginal rates of substitution are constant along any ray emanating from the origin. As a result, homothetic tastes represent the borderline tastes between necessary and luxury goods.
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