Question ======== Which of the following statements about the income elasticity of demand are correct? Answerlist ---------- * If the income elasticity of demand is positive, the good is said to be a normal good. * The income elasticity of demand indicates how strongly the demand for a good reacts to a change in income. * If the income decreases by 2% and thus the demand for a good decreases by 3%, it is called a luxury good. * If the income elasticity of demand is negative, one speaks of an inferior good. * The income elasticity of demand can be positive or negative. * A Giffen good is a special case of an inferior good where demand increases if the price of the good increases. * An income elasticity of demand equal to one means that the demand for the good increases proportional to the change in income. * The income elasticity of demand indicates how strongly the demand for a good responds to a change of the price. * If the income elasticity of demand is positive, the good is said to be inferior. * The income elasticity of demand is the same for all goods. * If the income elasticity of demand is zero, the good is called a luxury good. * If the income elasticity of demand is greater than one, the good is called a normal good. * The income elasticity of demand is the same for all consumers. * The income elasticity of demand is independent of the good's price. * The income elasticity of demand can range between zero and infinity. * Giffen goods are luxury goods for which the demand decreases as income increases. * Common goods are goods that are purchased preferentially by a certain part of the population. Solution ======== This question refers to the definition of income elasticity in Varian (2014, _Intermediate Microeconomics: A Modern Approach_, 9th ed.), Chapter 15. Meta-information ================ exname: Income elasticity extype: mchoice exsolution: 11111110000000000 exshuffle: 5