Suppose that both wheat and corn have an income elasticity of .1. a. If the average income
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Suppose that both wheat and corn have an income elasticity of .1.
a. If the average income in the economy increases by 2 percent each year, by how many percentage points does the quantity demanded of wheat increase each year, holding all other factors constant? Holding all other factors constant, if 10 billion bushels are demanded this year, by how many bushels will the quantity demanded increase next year if incomes rise by 2 percent?
b. Given that average personal income doubles in the United States about every 30 years, by about how many percentage points does the quantity demanded of corn increase every 30 years, holding all other factors constant?
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Microeconomics Principles, Problems and Policies
ISBN: 978-1259450242
20th edition
Authors: Campbell R. McConnell, Stanley L. Brue, Sean Masaki Flynn