A Product Is Likely to Have a Price Elasticity of Demand

question 12

Multiple Choice

A product is likely to have a price elasticity of demand that exceeds 1 when

• A) its price falls.
• B) the percentage of income spent on it decreases.
• C) it is a necessity.
• D) it has close substitutes.

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