Microeconomics: Principles, Applications, and Tools (8th Edition)

Published by Prentice Hall
ISBN 10: 0-13294-886-9
ISBN 13: 978-0-13294-886-9

Chapter 5 - Elasticity: A Measure of Responsiveness - Exercises - 5.4 Other Elasticities of Demand - Page 123: 4.1

Answer

positive; negative

Work Step by Step

For normal goods consumers will purchase more when they have more income. For inferior goods consumers will purchase less when they have more income, because they will substitute better goods for the inferior goods.
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