Microeconomics: Principles, Applications, and Tools (8th Edition)

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Chapter 5 - Elasticity: A Measure of Responsiveness - Exercises - 5.5 The Price Elasticity of Supply - Page 124: 5.3

Answer

short; long-run; larger; short-run

Work Step by Step

Because of limited capacity, the elasticity of supply is limited in the short-run. In the long-run, capacity can be increased, increasing the elasticity of supply.
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