Economics For Today
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Author: Tucker
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Chapter 5, Problem 22SQ
If a good is inferior in an economic sense,
- a. it is
demand price elastic. - b. it is demand price inelastic.
- c. the income
elasticity of demand is negative. - d. it is a low-quality good.
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