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Choose the Correct Answer: Demand for Habitual Commodity is _.(A) More Elastic Demand(B) Less Elastic Demand(C) Zero Elastic Demand(D) Unitary Elastic Demand - Economics

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Choose the correct answer:        
Demand for habitual commodity is _____________.
(a) more elastic demand
(b) less elastic demand
(c) zero elastic demand
(d) unitary elastic demand

Solution

Demand for habitual commodity has zero elastic demand.
Explanation:
The goods that a consumer is habituated to such as, liquor, cigarettes, etc. have an inelastic demand or zero elastic demand. A change in the prices of these goods has lesser impact on their demand as the consumer is habituated to these goods and hence cannot reduce their consumption.

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