YED And PED Flashcards

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Luxury goods

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Normal goods, demand changes a lot more than income
always a +1, strong correlated
Eg/ +1.09 = luxury goods

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Normal goods

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Positive correlation
+ % in QD/ + % in Y

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Necessities

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Normal good
Demand changes less than income
Weak correlation
Eg. +0.2 , fruit, cleaning products, essentials, may upgrade brand but not spend loads of extra income

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Inferior goods

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Negative correlation between income and QD
Buy less of product as a result of income increase
Eg. -0.5, any with a —

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Example of inferior goods

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Eg. If there is a -0.2 YED
Might get the bus, cheap, staycation- fall in income may choose to stay at home and take a cheaper holiday ie Butlins

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Example of PED Inelastic

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Ferrari car, if the price goes up- not much demand change as the people who are buying those sort of cars are already willing to spend that money, s the change is not that stretchy, not elastic so INELASTIC

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Example of PED elastic

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Soap, if price goes up, people will just choose a different soap brand, they’re stretchy, elastic

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