Which has a more elastic demand: hamburger or beef?

What will be an ideal response?


Hamburger has the more elastic demand because there are more substitutes for hamburger than there are for beef. Anything that is a substitute for hamburger is also a substitute for beef. Plus, any other kind of beef is a substitute for hamburger.

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