7. Income & Sub Effects
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7. Income Efects, Substitution EfectsSlutsky
Efects o a Price Change
• When a commodity’s price decreases:
o Substitution efect : commodity is relatively cheaper consumer sub it for
now relatively more expensive other commoditieso Income efect: consumers budget of $y can purchase more than before if
income rose, consequent income eect on Q
!hanges to Q due to "extra’ income income efect
#ugen luts%y discovered changes in from $ change are always sum of pure
sub eect and income eect
Real Income Changes
• &t new prices,
o Less income is needed to buy original bundle real'income increased
o More income is needed to buy original bundle real'income decreased
Pure Substitution Efects
• luts%y isolated change in due to change in relative prices by as%ing:
o What is the change in when the consumers income is ad(usted so that
&t new prices, she can only buy the original bundle)*+ic%s: - he can only (ust attain the original utility level.
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Income Efect Total Change
Perect Comliments
• /o substitution *consume in 0xed proportions• &ll change in Q due to I!C"#E E$$ECT
Slutsky%s Efect or !ormal &oo's
• 1ost goods 2 normal *demand increases with
income.
• ub and income eect reinorce each other when a
normal goods own price changes
• ubstitution and income eects increase demand when own'price falls
o /ormal good’s ordinary demand curve slopes down
•
3aw of downward'sloping demand
always applies to normal goods
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Slutsky%s Efects or Inerior &oo's
• ome goods 2 income'inferior *demand reduced by higher income.
• ub and income eects oppose each other when an income 4inferior goods own
price changes
5ien 5oods
• #xtreme income'inferiority
o 6ncome eect may be larger in si7e than sub eect Q to fall as own'price
decreaseso
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• luts%y’s decomposition of the eect of price change into a pure sub and income
eecto #xplains why 3aw of *own warding'loping. emand is violated for
extremely income'inferior goods