As we know, however, there are large differences between the
impact of a change in income on the demand for toothpaste and
vacations, even though both are normal goods. This has lead economists to subdivide normal goods into two categories.
- Two Types of Normal Goods
- Necessities
- are goods for which the change in desired quantity demanded is smaller in percentage terms than the change in income, but
in the same direction. This means that .
- Luxuries
- are goods for which the change in desired quantity demanded is greater in percentage terms than the change in income, but
in the same direction. This means that .
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