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You have the following information about good X and good Y: • Income elasticity of dema...

You have the following information about good X and good Y:

• Income elasticity of demand for good X: –3

• Cross-price elasticity of demand for good X with respect to the price of good Y: 2

Would an increase in income and a decrease in the price of good Y unambiguously decrease the demand for good X? Why or why not?

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