The Price Elasticity of Supply Measures How

question 21

Multiple Choice

The price elasticity of supply measures how:

• A)easily labour and capital can be substituted for one another in the production process
• B)responsive the quantity supplied of X is to changes in the price of X
• C)responsive the quantity supplied of Y is to changes in the price of X
• D)responsive quantity supplied is to a change in incomes
• E)responsive the quantity supplied of X is to changes in resource prices

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