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  2. Complementary good - Wikipedia

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    Complementary goods exhibit a negative cross elasticity of demand: ... One example is a left shoe and a right; shoes are naturally sold in pairs, and the ratio ...

  3. Substitute good - Wikipedia

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    An example of complementary goods are cereal and milk. An example of substitute goods are tea and coffee. These two goods satisfy the three conditions: tea and coffee have similar performance characteristics (they quench a thirst), they both have similar occasions for use (in the morning) and both are usually sold in the same geographic area ...

  4. Goods - Wikipedia

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    For example, if a rise in the price of beef results in a decrease in the quantity of beef demanded, it is likely that the quantity of hamburger buns demanded will also drop, despite no change in buns' prices. This is because hamburger buns and beef (in Western culture) are complementary goods. Goods considered complements or substitutes are ...

  5. Cross elasticity of demand - Wikipedia

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    Consumers purchase more B when the price of A increases. Example: the cross elasticity of demand of butter with respect to margarine is 0.81, so 1% increase in the price of margarine will increase the demand for butter by 0.81%. < implies two goods are complements. Consumers purchase less B when the price of A increases.

  6. Cross merchandising - Wikipedia

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    A common type of product used in cross merchandising is complementary goods, which are products that are consumed in conjunction with one another. Electronics and batteries as well as printers and ink cartridges are examples of products that exhibit complementary properties for customers to connect. [7]

  7. Leontief utilities - Wikipedia

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    Leontief utility functions represent complementary goods.For example: Suppose is the number of left shoes and the number of right shoes. A consumer can only use pairs of shoes.

  8. Aftermarket (merchandise) - Wikipedia

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    Aftermarket in economic literature refers to a secondary market for the goods and services that are complementary or related to the primary market goods, also known as original equipment). [1] [2] [3] In many industries, the primary market consists of durable goods, whereas the aftermarket consists of consumable or non-durable products or ...

  9. Utility functions on indivisible goods - Wikipedia

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    A supermoduler utility function is characteristic of complementary goods. For example, an apple and a knife can be considered complementary: the utility a person receives from an apple is larger if he already has a knife (and vice versa), since it is easier to eat an apple after cutting it with a knife.