The sensitivity of price and income elasticities to alternative measurements of
income is tested using ordinary least squares regresscon techniques on a sample of
income tax itemizers. Price elasticity was found to be much more sensitive to changes
in income measurement than was income elasticity. Of three specifications examined, only one showed price elasticity clearly exceeding unity.
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