The Estimated Price Elasticities of Demand for the Products Listed

question 379

Essay

The estimated price elasticities of demand for the products listed in the table as "Product A" are from Table 7-5 in the text.Indicate whether the products listed as "Product B" will have a more elastic or less elastic demand than the corresponding Product A.
$\begin{array}{|l|l|l|l|}\hline &\text { Estimated } && \text { Is Estimated Elasticity for } \\\hline &\text { Elasticity for } & &\text { ProductB More Elastic or Less } \\ \text { Product A } & \text { Product A } & \text { Product B }&\text { Elastic than for Product A? }\\\hline \text { Beer } & -0.29 & \begin{array}{l}\text { Samuel Adams } \\\text { Boston Lager }\end{array} \\\hline \text { Chicken } & -0.37 & \begin{array}{l}\text { Organically } \\\text { raised chicken }\end{array} \\\hline \text { Cocaine } & -0.28 & \text { Illegal narcotics } \\\hline \text { Cigarettes } & -0.25 & \text { Marlboro Lights } \\\text { Restaurant } & & \begin{array}{l}\text { Denny's Grand } \\\text { Slam breakfast }\end{array} \\\hline\end{array}$

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