The Income Elasticity of Demand Measures

question 261

Multiple Choice

The income elasticity of demand measures

• A)the responsiveness of quantity demanded to changes in income.
• B)how a consumer's purchasing power is affected by a change in the price of a product.
• C)the percentage change in the price of a product divided by the percentage change in consumer income.
• D)the income effect of a change in price.

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Definitions:

Consumption

The act of households utilizing goods and services.

Disposable Income

The sum of funds that families can allocate to expenditure and savings once they've paid their income taxes.

MPC

The marginal propensity to consume, which represents the proportion of an increase in income that is spent on consumption rather than being saved.

Saving

The share of earnings not used for immediate spending but saved or invested for future needs.