====== Examples of Substitute Goods ======



**[[Substitute Goods]]** are those goods that can be used to satisfy the same necessity. Substitute Goods have a positive cross elasticity of demand. That is, when the price of one good increases, the quantity demanded of the other good increases, because the user can **substitute** one good for another. 

Complementary goods, in contrast, have a negative cross elasticity of demand.

Examples of substitute goods are (more than 10 examples):

  *  Tea and coffee
  *  Bus, taxi and car
  *  Bananas and Apples and Oranges
  *  Airplane and train
  *  Amazon Kindle books and paper books
  *  Butter and margarine
  *  Beer and Wine
  *  McDonald's and Burger King.
  *  Starbucks vs Dunkin'Donuts
  *  Starbucks Blonde Roast Coffee and Starbucks Medium Roast Coffee
  *  Bing Search and Google Search
  *  Electric cars and gas cars
  *  Private schools and public schools
  *  Coca Cola and Pepsi

**Graphical Analysis of Substitute Goods:**

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