Since the Income Elasticity for Food Is Estimated to Be

question 17

Multiple Choice

Since the income elasticity for food is estimated to be 0.51, it appears that the proportion of income spent by poor people on food is ____ the proportion spent by those with higher incomes.

• A) greater than
• B) less than
• C) about the same as
• D) about half as great as

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Definitions:

Zero-sum Game

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Equity Game

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