yed and xped Flashcards

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what is yed

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the responsiveness of demand to a change in income

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what is an inferior good and their yed

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a good for which demand increases as incomes fall, its yed is negative

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what is a normal good and their yed

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a good for which its demand increases as incomes rise. yed is positive

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what is yed for income elastic goods

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a change in income leads to a greater than proportional change in demand, yed is less than -1 pr greater than 1

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what is yed for income inelastic goods

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yed is between 0 and -1 or 0 and 1, a chnage in income leads to a less than proportional chnage in demand

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what is a normal necesity

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goods with positive yed but inelastic

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what is a normal luxury

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goods with a positive yed but elastic

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what is xped

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the responsiveness of demand for one good to a change in price of another good

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xped for substitutes vs compliments

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substitutes have positive xped because as price of one falls demand of other falls, compliments are negative because as price of one rises demand for other falls

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whats the xped for strong and weak subsitites

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strong substitutes have a high number whereas weak substitutes have a low number

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xped for weak and strong compliments . what does it mean if xped 0

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strong compliments have ped of less than -1 whereas weak complimnets have ped between 0 and -1. xped of 0 means the goods are unrelated

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