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MARGINAL PROPENSITY [1 record]

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Record 1 1998-07-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Finance
DEF

An induced increase (in consumption or saving) as a proportion of the increase in income. If income increases by $10 and consumption or saving by $5 then the marginal propensity is 0.5.

CONT

[We] know that people spent slightly more of their additional income on goods than on services - in the model, the marginal propensity to consume goods was 0.44, while the marginal propensity to consume services was 0.32.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Finances
CONT

[Nous] savons que les gens dépensent une part légèrement plus élevée de leur revenu supplémentaire sur les biens que sur les services - dans le modèle, la propension marginale à consommer des biens est de 0,44 alors que la propension marginale à consommer des services est de 0,32.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Finanzas
PHR

propensión marginal al consumo

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