Selected price elasticities

From Wikipedia:

·        Cigarettes (US)[41] o   −0.3 to −0.6 (General) o   −0.6 to −0.7 (Youth) ·        Alcoholic beverages (US)[42] o   −0.3 or −0.7 to −0.9 as of 1972 (Beer) o   −1.0 (Wine) o   −1.5 (Spirits) ·        Airline travel (US)[43] o   −0.3 (First Class) o   −0.9 (Discount) o   −1.5 (for Pleasure Travelers) ·        Livestock o   −0.5 to −0.6 (Broiler Chickens)[44] ·        Oil (World) o   −0.4 ·        Car fuel[45] o   −0.25 (Short run) o   −0.64 (Long run) ·        Medicine (US) o   −0.31 (Medical insurance)[46] o   −.03 to −.06 (Pediatric Visits) [47]

·        Rice[48] o   −0.47 (Austria) o   −0.80 (Bangladesh) o   −0.80 (China) o   −0.25 (Japan) o   −0.55 (US) ·        Cinema visits (US) o   −0.87 (General)[46] ·        Live Performing Arts (Theater, etc.) o   −0.4 to −0.9 [49] ·        Transport o   −0.20 (Bus travel US)[46] o   −2.80 (Ford compact automobile)[50] ·        Soft drinks o   −0.8 to −1.0 (general)[51] o   −3.8 (Coca-Cola)[52] o   −4.4 (Mountain Dew)[52] ·        Steel o   −0.2 to −0.3[53] ·        Eggs o   −0.1 (US: Household only),[54] −0.35 (Canada),[55] −0.55 (South Africa)[56]