Q. If a commodity has negative income elasticity and positive price elasticity of demand, then it is __.
Answer: giffen good
Notes: A negative income elasticity of demand is associated with the following goods. A Giffen good is an unusual type of inferior commodity that has a positive price elasticity of demand. It is a good whose people paradoxically consume more as the price rises, which violates the law of demand. When the price rises, the quantity demanded also increases.

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