Income Elasticity of Demand
The concept describes the importance of understanding income elasticity of demand for determining how changes in income levels affects demand for a good or service. It highlights several strengths and weaknesses of the concept and provides case study evidence of the concept in practice as well as implementation advice.
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Income Elasticity of Demand Definition
Income Elasticity of Demand (YED) is a measure of how much the quantity demanded of a good responds to a change in consumers' income, calculated as the percentage change in quantity demanded, divided by the percentage change in income (Mankiw, 2009).
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- Gillen, D., Morrison, W., Stuart, C. (2007) Air Travel Demand Elasticities: Concepts, Issues and Measurement, in Lee, D. (ed), Advances in Airline Economics: The Economics of Airline Institutions, Operations and Marketing, Elsevier, The Netherlands.
- Guillen, D. (2009) International Air Passenger Transport in the Future, Joint Transport Research Centre, Discussion Paper No. 2009-15. Available at: http://www.internationaltransportforum.org/jtrc/DiscussionPapers/DP200915.pdf
- Hall, R. E., Lieberman, M. (2007) Microeconomics: Principles and Applications, Thomson.
- Mankiw, N.G. (2009) Principles of Economics, 5th ed, Cengage Learning.
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