The Estimated Price Elasticities of Demand for the Products Listed

question 75

Essay

The estimated price elasticities of demand for the products listed in the table as "Product A" are from Table 6-2 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.
$\begin{array}{|l|l|l|l|}\hline&&&\text { Is Estimated Elasticity for }\\&\text { Estimated}&&\text { Product B More Elastic or }\\&\text { Elasticity for}&&\text { Less Elastic than for}\\\text { Product A }&\text { Product A }&\text { Product B }&\text { Product A ?}\\\hline&&\text { Samuel Adams } \\\text { Beer } & -0.29&\text { Boston Lager }\\\hline &&\text { Organically } \\ \text { Chicken } & -0.37 & \text { raised chicken }\\\hline&&\text { Illegal } \\ \text { Cocaine } & -0.28 &\text { narcotics }\\\hline&&\text { Marlboro }\\\text { Cigarettes } &-0.25&\text { Lights }\\\hline\text { Restaurant } &&\text { Denny's Grand }\\ \text { meals }&-0.67&\text { Slam breakfast }\\\hline \end{array}$

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