4. Suppose that, holding prices constant, Alice has preferences over the number of books she purchases that

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4. Suppose that, holding prices constant, Alice has preferences over the number of books she purchases that look like:

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a. Draw a smooth approximation of Alice’s Engel curve for books, indicating the ranges over which books are inferior goods and over which they are normal goods.

b. A luxury good is a good that has an income elasticity greater than 1. Give the ranges in which books are luxury goods for Alice.

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Microeconomics

ISBN: 9780716759751

1st Edition

Authors: Austan Goolsbee, Steven Levitt, Chad Syverson

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