Microeconomics
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ISBN: 9781259813337
Author: KARLAN, Dean S., Morduch, Jonathan
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In France, where cheese is an important and traditional part of people’s meals, people eat about six times as much cheese per person as in the United States. In which country do you think the demand for cheese will be more income-elastic? Why?
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