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Income elasticity of demand for luxury goods is usually ________.

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SSC CGL 2019 (Tier 2) GS Finance & Economics Previous Year Paper (17-Nov-2020)
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greater than one

Luxury goods are those for which demand increases more than proportionally as income rises. Therefore, they have an income elasticity greater than one. This means a 10% increase in income leads to more than a 10% increase in demand.

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