1.2.5

Cards (2)

  • Price Elasticity of Supply
    Price elasticity of supply (PES) measures the relationship between change in quantity supplied and a change in market price.
    If supply is price elastic, producers can increase their output without a rise in cost or a time delay. If supply is price inelastic, firms find it hard to change their production in a given time period.
  • Interpreting values of the coefficient of price inelasticity of supply
    When PES > +1, supply is elastic
    When PES < 1, supply is price inelastic
    When PES = 0, supply is perfectly inelastic
    When PES = infinity, supply is perfectly elastic