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What does Income Effect mean?

The change in demand for a good or service caused by a change in a consumer's purchasing power resulting from a change in real income.

Income Effect in a sentence
The Income Effect explains how a price drop for a good increases a consumer's real purchasing power, allowing them to buy more.

Income Effect in German, French, Spanish and Italian

German
Einkommenseffekt

Nachfrageänderung infolge einer Änderung der realen Kaufkraft.

French
Effet de revenu

Variation de la consommation due à la modification du pouvoir d'achat.

Spanish
Efecto renta
also Efecto ingreso

Cambio en la demanda provocado por una variación en el poder adquisitivo del consumidor.

Italian
Effetto di reddito

Variazione del consumo dovuta al cambiamento del reddito reale del consumatore.

Synonyms and opposites for Income Effect

  • Synonym Purchasing power effect

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