Sunday, 8 March 2009

ECO unit 1 review:YED

DEFINATION:the responsiveness of the demand for a product when a chenge in income



Formula:YED:%change in demand/%change in income

normal goods:have positive income elasticity



  1. normal luxury:income elasticity is grerter than 1 YED>1

  2. normal necessity:income elasticity is less than 1 YED<1

Inferior goods:have negative income elasticity



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