Luxury products are elastic, in comparison to necessity products which are inelastic. Luxury goods are elastic because for a change in price there is a more than proportionate change in quantity. e.g. If the price of a luxury good increases, less people will purchase the good because it is not necessary in their lives - they can do without it.
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The ranking of elasticity from least elastic (most inelastic) to most elastic is as follows: necessity goods, luxury goods, and normal goods.
The ranking of the products in order of elasticity of demand, from the least elastic to the most elastic, is as follows: necessity goods, luxury goods, and then substitute goods.
elastic becoz wen price of the commodity changes , it affects the demand for the commodity .. Demand for a product is sensitive to price changes .. With icrease in price , the demand decreases nd with decrease in price , demand increases ..
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Close substitutes, increased income, luxury goods, time. Addiction makes demand less elastic, (inelastic) ex. Cigarettes. As time increases more substitutes become available.