Husain, Fazal (2001): Exploring the Two Commodity World.
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Abstract
This paper attempts to explore the nature of the goods in a Two Commodity world. The analysis suggests that the only possibility that the two goods have same income elasticity is the case when both goods have unit income elasticities. Moreover, if both the goods have equal income elasticities, then these goods will belong to the same category and will be in equal relation to each other. The analysis further suggests that if one of the good has zero income elasticity, it will always be a substitute to the other good which will always be an elastic good. These results are supported by the CES and Quasi-linear utility functions.
| Item Type: | MPRA Paper |
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| Original Title: | Exploring the Two Commodity World |
| Language: | English |
| Keywords: | Consumer Behaviour, Demand Functions, Two Commodity, Utility Functions |
| Subjects: | D - Microeconomics > D1 - Household Behavior and Family Economics > D11 - Consumer Economics: Theory |
| Item ID: | 5656 |
| Depositing User: | Fazal Husain |
| Date Deposited: | 08 Nov 2007 13:11 |
| Last Modified: | 27 Sep 2019 03:44 |
| URI: | https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/id/eprint/5656 |
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