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2.3.6 Price elasticity of supply

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What does price elasticity of supply (PES) measure?

A

How responsive quantity supplied is to a change in the good’s own price.

B

It states that output rises when price rises, but not the size of the change.

C
  • Firms have more time to use overtime and materials.
  • New production capacity can be built.
D

In the chair example, PES equals 4, so supply is price elastic.

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