Principles of Economics, 7th Edition

Published by South-Western College
ISBN 10: 128516587X
ISBN 13: 978-1-28516-587-5

Chapter 5 - Part II - Elasticity and its Application - Questions for Review - Page 108: 7

Answer

Price elasticity of supply = $\frac{\text{percentage change in quantity supplied}}{\text{percentage change in price}}$ Price elasticity of supply measures the responsiveness of the quantity supplied of a good to changes in its price.

Work Step by Step

Question is a definition question. Price elasticity of supply = $\frac{\text{percentage change in quantity supplied}}{\text{percentage change in price}}$ Do note that to calculate the price elasticity of supply percentage changes must be used. Price elasticity of supply measures the responsiveness of the quantity supplied of a good to changes in its price. A good with elastic supply will have a price elasticity of supply of greater than one while a good with inelastic supply will have a price elasticity of supply of less than zero.
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