yed and xped Flashcards
what is yed
the responsiveness of demand to a change in income
what is an inferior good and their yed
a good for which demand increases as incomes fall, its yed is negative
what is a normal good and their yed
a good for which its demand increases as incomes rise. yed is positive
what is yed for income elastic goods
a change in income leads to a greater than proportional change in demand, yed is less than -1 pr greater than 1
what is yed for income inelastic goods
yed is between 0 and -1 or 0 and 1, a chnage in income leads to a less than proportional chnage in demand
what is a normal necesity
goods with positive yed but inelastic
what is a normal luxury
goods with a positive yed but elastic
what is xped
the responsiveness of demand for one good to a change in price of another good
xped for substitutes vs compliments
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
whats the xped for strong and weak subsitites
strong substitutes have a high number whereas weak substitutes have a low number
xped for weak and strong compliments . what does it mean if xped 0
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