The Estimated Price Elasticities of Demand for the Products Listed

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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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