Food and Clothing Tend to Have

question 249

Multiple Choice

Food and clothing tend to have

• A)small income elasticities because consumers,regardless of their incomes,choose to buy relatively constant quantities of these goods.
• B)small income elasticities because consumers buy proportionately more of both goods at higher income levels than they buy at low income levels.
• C)large income elasticities because they are necessities.
• D)large income elasticities because they are relatively inexpensive.

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